Delta

Ebrahimi, Ebrahim & Carpenter, James M., 2008, Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Zootaxa 1785, pp. 1-42 : 15-16

Genus Delta de Saussure

Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure)

Material examined: Ardabil: Moghān, 17.VIII.1958, leg. Damanābi; Hormozgān: Kish Isle, 23– 25.XI.1976, leg. Abāi; Mināb: 23.IV.1977, leg. Mortazavihā; Kuzestān: Andimeshk: 23.X.1948, leg. Sarkissiān; Rāmhormoz: 8.XI.1948, leg. Sarkissiān, Det. Giordani Soika; 18.V.1945, leg. Damanābi; Kohkiluyeh- Boyerahmad: Sisakht: 9.VI.1972; Yasuj: 10.V.1969; Kordestān: Kāmyārān: Muchesh: 1560m., VII.2002, leg. Soleymāni; Lorestān: Borujerd: IX.1949, leg. Bahmani; Markazi: Farmahin: 1750m., 20.VI.2002, 22.VII.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Sāveh: 995m., 3.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Sistān- Baluchestān: Bampur: 2.IV.1965, det. Giordani Soika; Ghasreghand: 450m, 7–8.XI.1991, leg. Mirzāyans/Badii; Irānshahr: 25.III.1949, leg. Salavātiān; Sarāvān: 1.V.1957, 31.IV.1957, 7.VI.1957; Zāhedān: VII.1961; Tehrān: Tehrān: 9.VIII.1946, Evin, 21.VII.1969, leg. Abāi; Varāmin (no data).

Delta esuriens gracile (de Saussure)

Material examined: Markazi: Sāveh, 3.IX.2002, 27.IX.2002, leg.Sobhāni; Sistān-Baluchestān: Bampur: X.1961, det. Giordani Soika; Sarāvān: 22.VI.1957, leg. Bashir-Elāhi, det. Giordani Soika.

Delta hottentottum elegans (de Saussure)

Material examined: Āzarbaijān-e Sharghi: Tabriz: 2.V.1969, leg. Pāzuki/Hāshemi, det. Giordani Soika; Fārs: Fasā: 9.VII.1970, leg. Mostaān; Khuzestān: Rāmhormoz: 13.V.1946, leg. Damanābi.

Delta unguiculatum (Villers)

Material examined: Sistān- Baluchestān: Zābol: 15.IV.1952, leg. Mirzāyāns, det. Giordani Soika. Remarks: All the four species have been previously recorded from Iran.

One other species has been recorded from Iran, but not collected: Delta campaniforme chloroticum Giordani Soika. In addition, the nominotypical subspecies of D. esuriens (Fabricius) has been recorded from Iran.