Delta hottentotta ssp. elegans (de Saussure, 1852)

Carpenter, James M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Vespidae, Zootaxa 4754 (1), pp. 191-216 : 197

Delta hottentotta ssp. elegans (de Saussure, 1852)

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Oman ( Gusenleitner 2013; Monks et al. 2019 as Delta hottentottum elegans ), Saudi Arabia (de Saussure 1852 as Eumenes elegans ; Guichard 1986; Gadallah 2003; Gusenleitner 2013), United Arab Emirates ( Roche 1981 as D. h. elegans ; Guichard 1986; Gillett & Gillett 2005 as D. h. elegans ; Howarth & Gillett 2008 as D. hottentotum elegans ; Gusenleitner 2010), Yemen ( Giordani Soika 1952 as E. h. var. elegans ; Wahis 2000; Gusenleitner 2007, 2010, 2013; Dvořák & Carpenter 2010).

Extralimital distribution: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestine.