Delta higletti higletti

Delta higletti higletti (Meade-Waldo)

Eumenes higletti Meade-Waldo, 1910. Holotype: Type Locality: Tamsoo, Ghana.

Eumenes campaniformis marshalli n.var.: Bequaert, 1926: 548.
Eumenes caffer var. esuriens (Fabricius): Bequaert, 1918: 73.


Delta higletti higletti visiting flowers of Faroa salutaris (Gentianaceae) at Cuanavale source lake, Lisima highlands, Angola. Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).




Paratype of Eumenes campaniformis marshalli Bequaert, 1926, junior synonym of Delta higletti higletti.

Distribution	Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Biology
Reference	Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A. M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384. Bequaert, J. 1926. The genus Eumenes Latreille, in South Africa, with a revision of the Ethiopian species (Hymenoptera.) Annals of the South African Museum 23: 483–577. Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)