Scolia mexicana Saussure, 1858

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 : 75-76

Scolia mexicana Saussure, 1858

Female. Body length 20.8 mm (range 18.3 mm – 23.2 mm); forewing length 15.4 mm; Structure. Curved lower margin of clypeus with lateral margins punctured; interantennal area; frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; metasoma densely and coarsely punctured; hind tibial spurs acute S2 with a single tubercule. Color. Setae entirely black; T2–T3 or only T3 with yellow spots on each side, or without spots; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 30 ).

Male. Body length 19.5 mm (range 16.9 mm – 22.7 mm); forewing length 15.9 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area; frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; metasoma densely and coarsely punctured; S2 with a single tubercule. Genitalia ( Fig. 43D ). Parameres converging towards the apex; apical half ventral face polished with some sparce setae and the other half wih sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Resembling females ( Fig. 31 ).

Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Estado de México, Chiapas, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Querétaro ( Map 7 ). United States of America ( MacKay 1987).

Figures

MAP 7. Distribution of Scolia fuscipennis, Scolia guttata guttata and Scolia mexicana.

FIGURE 30. Female Scolia mexicana. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 31. Male Scolia mexicana. 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.