Triscolia ardens Smith, 1855

Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando & Gómez, Benigno, 2022, The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography, Zootaxa 5214 (1), pp. 47-88 : 80

Triscolia ardens Smith, 1855

Female. Body length 24.6 mm (range 23.4 mm – 26.5 mm); forewing length 19.8 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus punctured; interantennal area and frons densely and coarsely punctured; vertex and gena with scattered punctures; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Color. Setae and body black and from the third ferruginous segment of metasoma with ferruginous setae; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 38 ).

Male. Body length 23.7 mm (range 23.6 mm – 23.9 mm); forewing length 19.1 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia ( Fig. 43H ). Base of parameres thin, after oval; ventral face polished with setae in the endges; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Resembling females ( Fig. 39 )

Distribution. NA. Mexico: Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora ( Map 8 ). United States of America (Barlett 1912; Hurd 1952; Betrem & Bradley 1964; MacKay 1987).

Figures

MAP 8. Distribution of Triscolia ardens and Triscolia badia.

FIGURE 38. Female Triscolia ardens. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 39. Male Triscolia ardens. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 43. Genitalia of Scoliini. A) Scolia dubia haematodes; B) S. fuscipennis; C) S. guttata guttata; D) S. mexicana; E) S. nobilitata tricincta; F) S. rufiventris; G) S. vintschgaui; H) Triscolia ardens; I) T. badia.