7. Scambus flavipes (Cameron, 1904)

Epiurus flavipes Cameron 1904: 258 [♀ (BMNH), Mexico].

References. Morley 1914: 29 [syn. of Exeristes coxata (Smith) (see Remarks under Calliephialtes coxata]. Townes & Townes 1960: 77 [ Scambus (Erythroscambus)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 10 [catalogue; syn. of Scambus coxatus (Smith) (see Remarks under Calliephialtes coxata)]. Gauld 1991: 169, 185 [ Scambus, ex syn.]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 33 [El Salvador].

Remarks. Gauld (1991: 175) noted that this species closely resembles the Costa Rican S. espinozai Gauld, but differs in having a distal abscissa of Cu 1 in the hind wing (absent in S. espinozai) and tergites 2–4 only with isolated coarse punctures centrally (far more densely punctate in S. espinozai). See also Remarks section under S. albipes .

Scambus flavipes has hind coxa orange, metasoma blackish, second tergite subquadrate, almost 0.9× as long as broad and with scattered punctures centrally (Gauld et al. 2002).

Distribution. Mexico, El Salvador.