Scolia nobilitata tricincta Say, 1823

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 : 76-78

Scolia nobilitata tricincta Say, 1823

Female. Body length 12.4 mm; forewing length 9 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctated in the margins; interantennal area densely punctured; frons and vertex scattered shallow punctured; gena polished with some punctured; mesosoma densely and shallow punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Color. Saetae yellow and body ferruginous; margins of the eyes with a yellow band extending to the vertex; mesopleuron, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum with yellow spots; T1–T5 with yellow spots on each side; wings fuscous hyaline with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 33 ).

Male. Body length 12.4 mm (range 12.3 mm – 12.5 mm); forewing length 9.2 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctated in the margins; interantennal area and frons densely punctured; vertex and gena scattered punctured; mesosoma with shallow punctured; propodeum shallow punctate throughout. Genitalia ( Fig. 43E ). Parameres more or less straight, ventral face polished with some sparse setae in the margin; volsellae with short sparse setae, apice with long dense setae. Color. Setae yellow, head and mesosoma black, metasoma ferruginous; clypeus yellow in top margin, or not; eyes with yellow band in anterior and posterior margins; mesopleuron, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum with yellow spots; T1–T5 or T2–T4 and S2 with yellow spots on each side; wings fuscous hyaline ( Fig. 34 ).

Valid subspecies: Scolia nobilitata otomita Saussure, 1858 , Scolia nobilitata otomita var. consors Saussure, 1863 .

Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California Sur ( Map 6 ). United States of America (Barlett 1912; MacKay 1987; Grisell 2007).

Figures

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

FIGURE 33. Female Scolia nobilitata tricincta. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 34. Male Scolia nobilitata tricincta. 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.