Scolia bartletti Ramírez-Guillén, 2025

Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, León-Cortés, Jorge L. & Falcon-Brindis, Armando, 2025, Two new species of Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from Mexico and Panama, Neotropical Biology and Conservation 20 (4), pp. 295-308 : 295-308

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.20.e166466
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17379535
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scientific name	Scolia bartletti Ramírez-Guillén
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scolia bartletti Ramírez-Guillén sp. nov.

Figs 1 A, B View Figure 1 , 2 A View Figure 2 , 7 A, B View Figure 7

Type material.

Holotype: Mexico • ♂; Chiapas, Mpio: Cintalapa, Cintalapa ; 16.524°N, 94.164°W (DD) 1352 m. a. s. l.; 02.ix.2014; Jorge Merida leg. GoogleMaps Paratypes: Mexico • 1 ♂; Guanajuato, Irapuato, Cerro De Villas ; 3.x.2011; Guillermo Borja leg. • 1 ♂; Michoacán, Mpio: Zinapécuaro, Loc: San Nicolas Simirao ; 08.iii.1991 . • 1 ♂; Oaxaca, Dominguillo, Km 65 Car. 135 ; 900 m a. s. l.; 19Nov.1976; E. Barrera leg. • 1 ♂; Guerrero, San Jerónimo ; 18.iv.1988; A. Cadena, M. García, L. Cervantes leg.

Diagnosis.

Scolia bartletti sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of Scolia by elongated paramere with a slight inward tilt from the middle and tapering towards the cuspis volsellaris; lamina volsellaris with long setae (Fig. 7 A, B View Figure 7 ).

Male description.

Length 13–16 mm.

Head. Clypeus concave apically with sparse punctures; centre of clypeus less punctate. Frons with sparse punctures, denser in the inter-antennal area. Ocular sinus punctate. Vertex with sparse punctures. Edges of clypeus, ocular sinus and vertex with sparse, short setae.

Mesosoma. Pronotum with dense punctures. Mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures. Dorsal area of propodeum with dense punctures, posterior face with dense marginal punctures and scattered punctures on the central plate, lateral area of propodeum with scattered punctures. Metasternal plate without tubercle. Mesopleuron with scattered punctures; upper plate of metapleuron with scattered punctures, lower plate with fewer scattered punctures. Pronotum and mesoscutum with long dense setae; rest of mesosoma with sparse short setae.

Metasoma. Terga with fine irregular punctures. S 2 with two anteromedial tubercles. Sterna with fine and irregular punctures. T 1 – T 3 with short sparse setae, mostly abundant in the remaining tergites, long setae apically on tergites. S 1 – S 3 with sparse long setae, mostly abundant in the remaining sternites.

Genitalia. Paramere elongated, narrowing towards cuspis volsellaris; in ventral view, bearing a ventral row of setae, extending from inferior edge to outer edge; in dorsal view, central area of paramere with sparse and coarse setae, edges of the paramere with thin setae. Ventral view lamina volsellaris with sparse, long setae, exterior edge with a dense group of sensory cones. Ventral view of cuspis volsellaris with sparse, long setae; exterior edge with sensory cones apically.

Colouration. Integument black. T 2 – T 3 with a yellow spot on each side. Body with black setae. Wings dark brown with violaceous reflections, costal margin of fore-wing darker.

Variations.

The yellow spots on T 2 are lacking in one specimen (Oaxaca, Dominguillo, km 65 Car. 135; 900 m a. s. l.), and another specimen has yellow spots on T 1 – T 3; those on T 3 are smaller (Guanajuato, Irapuato, Cerro De Villas; 3. x. 2011; Guillermo Borja leg.).

Etymology.

The name is dedicated to the entomologist Oscar C. Bartlett for his contribution to the knowledge of Scoliini in America.

Distribution.

Mexico ( Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca) (Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ).

Female.

Unknown.