Scolia dubia haematodes Burmeister, 1854

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 : 71-72

Scolia dubia haematodes Burmeister, 1854

Female. Body length 17.6 mm; forewing length 14 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; hind tibial spurs acute. Color. Setae and body black and from the second reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 25 ).

Male. Body length 21 mm; forewing length 15.1 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex, and gena densely and coarsely punctate; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctate; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia ( Fig. 43A ). Parameres converging towards the apex with a very sharp angle; apical half ventral face polished with some sparce setae and the other half with sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae Color. Setae and body black and from the third reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings resembling females ( Fig. 26 ).

Valid subspecies. Scolia dubia dubia Say, 1837 is differentiated by two oval yellow spots on third abdominal tergum ( Mackay 1987).

Distribution. NA. Mexico: Coahuila. United States of America: New Mexico ( Map 6 ).

Figures

MAP 6. Distribution of Scolia dubia haematodes, Scolia nobilitata nobilitata, Scolia nobilitata trincincta, Scolia rufiventris and Scolia vintschgaui.

FIGURE 25. Female Scolia dubia haematodes. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 26. Male Scolia dubia haematodes. 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.