Scolia nobilitata nobilitata Fabricius, 1804

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

Scolia nobilitata nobilitata Fabricius, 1804

Female. Body length 16.1 mm (range 16 mm – 16.2 mm); forewing length 12 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 coarsely punctate except mesoscotum; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Color. Body and setae ferruginous; T2 with black spots on each side, T3 With yellow spots on each side; wings fuscous hyaline with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 32 ).

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

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

FIGURE 32. Female Scolia nobilitata nobilitata. Scale bar = 2 mm.