Colpa flammicoma Bradley, 1928

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 : 55

Colpa flammicoma Bradley, 1928

Female. Body length 16 mm; forewing length 11 mm; Structure. Clypeus thoroughly striate; interantennal area forming an elevated striate plate with coarse punctures and shiny surface, upper and lateral margins with crested ridges; vertex and gena sparsely punctuate; pronotum coarsely and closely punctate; central area of mesoscutum impunctate; scutellum with few coarse punctures; dorsal area of propodeum narrow and coarsely punctate; posterior face of propodeum with a few punctures; hind tibial spurs spatulate; pygidium with sparse coarse punctures, and conspicuous rounded lobes on each side of lateral margin. Color. Setae and integument ferruginous; pronotum with yellow spots on each side; yellow spots on dorsal sides and central area of propodeum; T1–T5 with broad yellow markings converging towards mid area; wings hyaline, moderately fuscous brown towards the apex ( Fig. 5 ).

Male. Body length 17 mm; forewing length 12.6 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctate; interantennal area and frons densely punctate; vertex and gena sparsely punctate; pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, and propodeum with sparse punctures; mesoscutum densely punctured; Genitalia ( Fig. 42B ). Parameres elongated, more or less straight, ventral face polished with some sparse setae; volsellae small, with long sparse setae. Color. Setae white; background integument on head, pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, black; black background on T4–T7 and T1–T3 ferruginous; yellow maculations on clypeus, frontal and posterior margin of eyes, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum, legs, and T1–T6 and S2–S6; wings hyaline ( Fig 6 ).

Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California ( Map 2 ). United States of America (Bradley 1828a; Hurd 1952; MacKay 1987).

Figures

MAP 2. Distribution of Colpa alcione, Colpa flammicoma and Colpa octomaculata texensis.

FIGURE 5. Female Colpa flammicoma. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 6. Male Colpa flammicoma. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURE 42. Genitalia of Campsomerini. A) Colpa alcione; B) C. flammicoma; C) C. octomaculata texensis; D) Dielis dorsata; E) D. tolteca; F) Pygodasis ephippium; G) P. hyialina; H) Stygocampsomeris servillei; I) Xanthocampsomeris completa completa; J) X. hesterae; K) X. limosa.