Dielis

Dielis is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps.[1]

Dielis
Dielis trifasciata trifasciata. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Scoliidae
Tribe:
Campsomerini
Genus:
Dielis

Saussure & Sichel, 1864

Description and identification

Dielis are medium sized wasps that exhibit strong sexual dimorphism. The females are black with broad yellow or orange bands on the abdomen, often on the first 3 or 4 tergites. The males have yellow bands on the first 4 or 5 tergites. The setae are usually white, though in some species there is a yellowish to brownish tint.[2] The forewing of Dielis species includes two recurrent wing veins and two submarginal cells as typical of the genera of Campsomerini, apart from Colpa.[3]

Distribution

Species of this genus occur from Canada south to Chile and Argentina.[2]

Species

There are 12 species of Dielis:[4][1][5]

  • Dielis auripilis (Fox, 1896)
  • Dielis bahamensis (Bradley, 1964)
  • Dielis chilensis (Saussure, 1858)
  • Dielis diabo Golfetti & Noll, 2023
  • Dielis dorsata (Bradley, 1940) – Caribbean scoliid wasp
  • Dielis pilipes (Saussure, 1858) – hairy-footed scoliid wasp
  • Dielis plumipes (Drury, 1770) – feather-legged scoliid wasp
  • Dielis pseudonyma (Schulz, 1906)
  • Dielis tejensis Szafranski, 2023
  • Dielis tolteca (Saussure, 1857) – Toltec scoliid wasp
  • Dielis trifasciata (Fabricius, 1793) – three-banded scoliid wasp
  • Dielis whitelyi (Kirby, 1889)
  • D. diabo female in Brazil.
    D. diabo female in Brazil.
  • D. dorsata female in Florida.
    D. dorsata female in Florida.
  • D. dorsata male in Florida.
    D. dorsata male in Florida.
  • D. pilipes female in the western United States.
    D. pilipes female in the western United States.
  • D. pilipes male in California.
    D. pilipes male in California.
  • D. plumipes fossulana female in Florida.
    D. plumipes fossulana female in Florida.
  • D. plumipes fossulana male in Florida.
    D. plumipes fossulana male in Florida.
  • D. tejensis male in Texas.
    D. tejensis male in Texas.
  • D. tolteca female in California.
    D. tolteca female in California.
  • D. tolteca male in California.
    D. tolteca male in California.
  • D. trifasciata nassauensis female in the Bahamas.
    D. trifasciata nassauensis female in the Bahamas.
  • D. trifasciata trifasciata female in Florida.
    D. trifasciata trifasciata female in Florida.
  • D. trifasciata trifasciata male in Cuba.
    D. trifasciata trifasciata male in Cuba.

References
  1. Golfetti, Ivan Fernandes; Noll, Fernando Barbosa (2023). "After more than half a century: Dielis diabo (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae), a new scoliid from the Neotropics". Zootaxa. 5231 (3): 345–350. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5231.3.10.
  2. Bradley, James Chester (1957). "The Taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) Occurring in the New World". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 83 (2): 65–77. JSTOR 25077743.
  3. Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián; Falcon-Brindis, Armando; Gómez, Benigno (2022). "The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography". Zootaxa. 5214 (1): 47–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2.
  4. Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. Szafranski, Przemyslaw (2023). "New Dielis species and structural dichotomy of the mitochondrial cox2 gene in Scoliidae wasps". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-27806-x. PMC 9895450.

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