taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DE87A1FFF3726AFF759A0CFA2EFB25.taxon	description	Females	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF5726AFF7598DEFEBBF82E.taxon	description	Male. Not found in this study. Large and moderately stout, but less so than the female. Vestiture white, the tibial spurs black. More heavily marked with yellow than are the females; terga 1 to 5 banded, the bands interrupted on 2 to 5, the clypeus, united scapulae, scutellum, metanotum, area horizontalis medialis, lateral corners of propodeum, and spots and stripes on the pleura and legs, all yellow. Wings hyaline, membrane bare beyond the cells. Some reduction of the typical male coloration occurs (Bradley 1957).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF5726AFF7598DEFEBBF82E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Coahuila and Querétaro (Map 1). Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana and French Guiana (Bradley 1945).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF77267FF759DCCFEF5FE8F.taxon	description	Male. Body length 12.3 mm; forewing length 8.4 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctate; interantennal area densely punctate; lower area of frons sparsely punctured; vertex and gena sparsely punctured; pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, and propodeum with shallow and sparsely punctate. Genitalia (Fig. 42 A). Parameres elongated, more or less straight, ventral face polished with some sparse setae; volsellae small, with long sparse setae. Color. Setae white; integument black; legs reddish; clypeus completely yellow; yellow maculations on frontal and posterior margin of eyes, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum (vertical bands on central and lateral areas), legs (apex of femora and dorsal surface of tibiae); yellow spots on T 1 – T 6 and S 2 – S 6; wings light brown. (Fig. 4).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF77267FF759DCCFEF5FE8F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California (Map 2). United States of America (Bradley 1828 a; Hurd 1952; MacKay 1987).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF87267FF75980AFEF5F83A.taxon	description	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. 42 B). 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 T 4 – T 7 and T 1 – T 3 ferruginous; yellow maculations on clypeus, frontal and posterior margin of eyes, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum, legs, and T 1 – T 6 and S 2 – S 6; wings hyaline (Fig 6).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFF87267FF75980AFEF5F83A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California (Map 2). United States of America (Bradley 1828 a; Hurd 1952; MacKay 1987).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFA7264FF759DCCFE90FBB5.taxon	description	Male. Body length 14.9 mm (12.3 mm 16.1 mm); forewing length 10.5 mm; Structure. Upper margin of clypeus punctate; interantennal area punctate; frons, vertex, and gena with sparse punctures; dorsal face of mesosoma with shallow punctures. Genitalia (Fig. 42 C). Parameres elongated, more or less straight, ventral face polished with setae present on basal area; volsellae small, with long sparse setae. Color. Setae white, those on apical T 2 – T 7 and S 3 – S 7 black; integument black; clypeus nearly completely yellow or with two yellow spots on the upper margin; yellow maculations on posterior margin of eyes, lateral sides of pronotum, apex of femora, dorsal face of fore and mid tibiae, scutellum, metanotum, T 2 – T 5 and S 3; wings hyaline (Fig. 8). Valid subspecies: Colpa octomaculata octomaculata Say, 1823, Colpa octomaculata hermione Banks 1912, Colpa octomaculata xanthina Saussure, 1864.	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFA7264FF759DCCFE90FBB5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California Sur, San Luis Potosí, Sonora. United States of America: New Mexico (Map 2).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFC7263FF759DE1FB7EF88C.taxon	description	Male. Body length 16.2 mm (range 13.2 mm – 19.2 mm); forewing length 12.8 mm; Structure. Clypeus margins punctate; interantennal area and frons coarsely punctate; vertex and gena with some punctures; dorsal surface of mesosoma shiny, with shallow punctures, those on the dorsal face of propodeum closer than the rest of mesosoma; meso and metapleuron covered with short appressed hairs clearly distinguished from the long erect setae; fore wings hairy along the anterior margin; posterior face of propodeum scattered punctured. Genitalia (Fig. 42 D). Parameres curved inward, somehow elongated and subtruncate toward the apex, ventral face polished; volsellae with long sparse setae. Color. Setae pale yellow on head and dorsal surface of mesosoma and metasoma, those on apical terga (T 5 – T 7) and sterna (S 5 – S 7) black; setae on ventral side of mesosoma and metasoma white; two subtriangular yellow spots on lateral margins of clypeus; yellow spots on lateral margins of pronotum connected by a stripe thus forming a continuous bar along its frontal face; yellow maculations on scutellum, metanotum, dorsal face of fore tibiae; yellow bands on lower half of T 1 – T 5 (that on T 5 can feeble and reduced to spots), and apical margin of S 2 – S 4 (that on S 4 can be feeble or reduced to spots); wings hyaline (Fig. 10).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFC7263FF759DE1FB7EF88C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NT. Mexico: Chiapas, Colima, Quintana Roo, Veracruz. El Salvador: San Salvador. Guatemala: Huehuetenango. Nicaragua: Rivas. Panamá: Panamá (Map 3). Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela Greater part of South America, including the Lesser Antilles and perhaps some of the more eastern of the Greater Antilles (Bradley 1828 b, 1945; Fernandez & Cubillos 1999). Introduced in United States of America (Abbate et al. 2018)	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFD7262FF75993FFB8AF858.taxon	description	Male. Body length 15.4 mm (8.7 mm 19.9 mm); forewing length 11.6 mm; Structure. Clypeus margins, interantennal area and frons sparsely punctate; vertex and gena with some punctures; dorsal surface of mesosoma shiny, with shallow and scattered punctures; meso and metapleura covered with dense short appressed hairs; fore wings hairy along the anterior margin and the area without cells. Genitalia (Fig. 42 E). Parameres robust gently curved inward, apex rounded, ventral face polished with long thick setae in the mid area; volsellae with long sparse setae. Color. Setae white, those on apical terga (T 5 – T 7) and sterna (S 5 – S 7) black; vertical yellow bands on lateral margins of clypeus; yellow transversal line on frontal face of pronotum; yellow maculations on scutellum, metanotum and apical part of tegulae; femurs with yellow bands; irregular yellow stripes on dorsal face of fore and mid tibiae, ventral face of femora; yellow bands on apical margins of T 1 – T 4, and apical margin of S 2 – S 4; wings hyaline (Fig. 12).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFD7262FF75993FFB8AF858.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz. El Salvador: San Salvador. Guatemala: Huehuetenango. Honduras: Comayagua. Nicaragua: Rivas (Map 3). Haiti and United States of America (Bradley 1828 b; Hurd 1952; Porter 1981; MacKay 1987)	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFF727FFF759EF8FE0BFA80.taxon	description	Male. Body length 29 mm (range 19.6 mm – 35.4 mm); forewing length 23.7 mm; Structure. Clypeus margins, interantennal area and frons coarsely and densely punctate; punctures on vertex and gena coarse and sparse; mesosoma covered with coarse and dense punctures. Genitalia (Fig. 42 F). Parameres robust, apex rounded, ventral face polished with long thick dense setae in the mid area; volsellae with dense long erect setae. Color. Resembling females (Fig. 14). Valid subspecies Pygodasis ephippium wagneriana Saussure, 1864 is differentiated by wings yellowish hyaline with ferruginous veins (Bradley 1945).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFFF727FFF759EF8FE0BFA80.taxon	distribution	Distribution: NA and NT. Mexico: Chiapas, Coahuila, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa Veracruz, Yucatán. Guatemala: Huehuetenango (Map 4). Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana and United States of America (Bradley 1945; Porter 1981; Fernandez & Cubillos 1999).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE0727FFF7598FBFA25F8ED.taxon	description	Male. Body length 17.2 mm; forewing length 13.8 mm; Structure. Upper and lateral margins of clypeus, interantennal area, and frons densely punctate; punctures on vertex and gena sparse; mesosoma with coarse and moderately dense punctures; posterior face of propodeum punctate; hind tibial spurs acute. Genitalia (Fig. 42 G). Parameres converging towards the apex; tip strongly angulated forming a subtriangular apex, ventral face polished with sparse setae in the mid area; volsellae with dense sparse setae. Color. Setae and body completely black, wings light brown (Fig. 15).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE0727FFF7598FBFA25F8ED.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NT. Mexico: Chiapas (Map 4). Argentina, Brazil, British Guiana and Colombia (Bradley 1945).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE4727AFF759DCCFDB1FED3.taxon	description	Male. Body length 14.6 mm (range 11.6 mm – 17.1 mm); forewing length 11.1 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctate in the margins; interantennal area densely and coarsely punctate; frons, vertex and gena polished with some punctures; mesosoma scattered punctate; posterior face of propodeum with scattered punctate; fore wings hairy throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 42 I). Parameres converging towards the apex; tip strongly angulated forming a subtriangular apex, ventral face with 3 / 4 elongated setae the rest polished; volsellae with dense and elongated setae. Color. Pronotum with yellow band sometimes divided; scutellum with two yellow spots; metanotum rare with yellow spot; T 2 – T 4 with yellow bands S 2 – S 3 with yellow spots on each side, S 3 dim or absent; wings fuscous hyaline (Fig. 20). Valid subspecies: Xanthocampsomeris completa yucatanensi Bradley, 1964. Distribution. NA and NT Mexico: Chiapas, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa. Guatemala: Izabal. Honduras: Comayagua (Map 5). United States of America (Porter 1981).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE5727AFF759C35FCE6F8AD.taxon	description	Male. Body length 16.5 mm (range 13.1 mm – 18.6 mm); forewing length 13 mm; Structure. Clypeus polished, punctate in bottom margin; interantennal area densely and coarsely punctate; frons, vertex and gena polished with some punctures; mesosoma scattered punctate; posterior face of propodeum polished; fore wings hairy throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 42 J). Parameres curved inward, ventral face with 3 / 4 elongated setae the rest polished; volsellae with dense and elongated setae. Color. Setae white, those on apical terga (T 5 – T 7) and sterna (S 5 – S 7), black; clypeus yellow; pronotum, metanotum and apical part of tegulae with yellow band; scutellum with two yellow spots sometimes connected; front coxae with yellow spots on each side; femora and tibiae with yellow bands, sometimes reduced or absent on mid and hid legs; T 1 – T 4 with yellow bands, S 2 – S 4 with yellow spots on each side, sometimes S 4 absent; wings fuscous hyaline (Fig. 22).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE5727AFF759C35FCE6F8AD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NT Mexico: Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz. Guatemala: Huehuetenango (Map 5). Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and Venezuela (Bradley 1945; Rohwer 1927; Porte 1981; Fernandez & Cubillos 1999).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE67279FF7599DCFAD0F8BF.taxon	description	Male. Body length 16 mm (range 12 mm – 19.5 mm); forewing length 12.1 mm; Structure. Upper margin of clypeus, interantennal area densely punctate; fronts, vertex and gena with some punctures; dorsal surface of mesosoma shiny; pronotum densely punctured; dorsal surface or mesosoma densely punctured excepting the medial area of mesoscutum and scutellum; posterior face of propodeum moderately punctate; fore wings hairy along the anterior margin. Genitalia (Fig. 42 K). Parameres robust, gently curved inward, apex margin blunt, ventral face polished with long scattered setae; volsellae with long sparse setae. Color. Setae pale yellow on head and dorsal surface of mesosoma and metasoma, those on apical terga (T 5 – T 7) and sterna (S 5 – S 7) black; setae white elsewhere; two subtriangular yellow spots on lateral margins of clypeus; a yellow subtriangular spot on each side of pronotum; yellow maculations on scutellum, metanotum, dorsal face of fore and mid tibiae, dorsal face of fore basitarsi; yellow bands on lower half of T 1 – T 4 (occasionally on T 5), and apical margin of S 2 – S 3; wings hyaline (Fig. 24).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE67279FF7599DCFAD0F8BF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz (Map 5). United States of America and Mexico (Rohwer 1927; MacKay 1987)	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE87276FF75993EFB2AFE1F.taxon	description	Male. Body length 21 mm; forewing length 15.1 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex, and gena densely and coarsely punctate; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctate; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 43 A). Parameres converging towards the apex with a very sharp angle; apical half ventral face polished with some sparce setae and the other half with sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae Color. Setae and body black and from the third reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings resembling females (Fig. 26). Valid subspecies. Scolia dubia dubia Say, 1837 is differentiated by two oval yellow spots on third abdominal tergum (Mackay 1987).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFE87276FF75993EFB2AFE1F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Coahuila. United States of America: New Mexico (Map 6).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEA7275FF759DCCFD7BFDF3.taxon	description	Female. Unknow. In the description that Bartlett (1912) made, he mentions that the description was made from two males collected in Veracruz and the female is not mentioned. Male. Body length 20.2 mm (20.2 mm 20.2 mm); forewing length 16 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area, frons, and vertex densely and coarsely punctured; gena striate; mesosoma coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Genitalia (Fig. 43 B). Parameres shorts; tip curved, ventral face polished wih some sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Setae entirely black; yellow spot behind the eye; propodeum with wide band on each side; mesoscotum, scutellum with yellow spot; propodeum with wide yellow spots on each side and in the middle; T 1 – T 4 and S 2 with wide yellow spots on each side; wings dark with violaceous reflections (Fig. 27).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEA7275FF759DCCFD7BFDF3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NT. Mexico: Veracruz (Map 7).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEA7274FF7598CEFA89FF37.taxon	description	Male. Body length 21.1 mm (range 14.5 mm – 26.6 mm); forewing length 17.3 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctured; metasoma densely and coarsely punctured; S 2 with two tubercules. Genitalia (Fig. 43 C). Parameres more or less straight, ventral face polished with some sparse setae in the margin; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Resembling females also; rarely pronotum with a yellow spot on each side (Fig. 29). Valid subspecies. Scolia guttata var. eximia Smith, 1855 is differentiated by body entirely black (Bartlett 1912).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEA7274FF7598CEFA89FF37.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Chiapas, Coahuila Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Nayarit Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz (Map 7). Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, United States of America and Venezuela (Cameron 1893; Barlett 1912; MacKay 1987; Añino et al. 2020).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEC7272FF759DCCFC0FFF1B.taxon	description	Male. Body length 19.5 mm (range 16.9 mm – 22.7 mm); forewing length 15.9 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area; frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; metasoma densely and coarsely punctured; S 2 with a single tubercule. Genitalia (Fig. 43 D). Parameres converging towards the apex; apical half ventral face polished with some sparce setae and the other half wih sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Resembling females (Fig. 31).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEC7272FF759DCCFC0FFF1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Estado de México, Chiapas, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Querétaro (Map 7). United States of America (MacKay 1987).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFED7272FF759814FF52F944.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California Sur (Map 6). United States of America (Barlett 1912; Grisell 2007).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFED7270FF759B80FEC8FBA7.taxon	description	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. 43 E). 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; T 1 – T 5 or T 2 – T 4 and S 2 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.	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFED7270FF759B80FEC8FBA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California Sur (Map 6). United States of America (Barlett 1912; MacKay 1987; Grisell 2007).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEF7270FF7599E1FB2AF94B.taxon	description	Male. Body length 16.3 mm; forewing length 12 mm; Structure. Clypeus punctate in the margins; interantennal area, frons and vertex densely and coarsely punctured; gena with some punctures; mesosoma coarsely punctured; dorsal face propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; posterior face of propodeum scattered punctate. Genitalia (Fig. 43 F). Parameres slender basally, and oval towards the distal portion, ventral face polished, margins with sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Setae ferruginous; body mainly black; T 2 – T 7 ferruginous; wings dark with violaceous reflections (Fig. 35).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEF7270FF7599E1FB2AF94B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NT. Honduras: Comayagua (Map 6). Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guiana, Mexico, Panama and Peru, (Fabricius 1804; Saussure 1858; Fox 1896; Dos Santos et al. 2015; Añino et al. 2020.	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEF724EFF759B8DFB8AFEAB.taxon	description	Male. Body length 14.7 mm (range 14.4 mm – 15.1 mm); forewing length 11.2 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus punctured; frons scattered punctate; interantennal area, frons, vertex and gena striate; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; posterior face of propodeum scattered and coarsely punctate. Genitalia (Fig. 43 G). Parameres converging towards the apex; ventral face polished; volsellae with long sparse setae, apice with long dense setae. Color. Resembling females also, anterior margin of the eye with a yellow band (Fig. 37).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFEF724EFF759B8DFB8AFEAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico: Baja California Sur and Guerrero (Map 6).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFD1724EFF7599BAFC80F901.taxon	description	Male. Body length 23.7 mm (range 23.6 mm – 23.9 mm); forewing length 19.1 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 43 H). Base of parameres thin, after oval; ventral face polished with setae in the endges; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Resembling females (Fig. 39)	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFD1724EFF7599BAFC80F901.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora (Map 8). United States of America (Barlett 1912; Hurd 1952; Betrem & Bradley 1964; MacKay 1987).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFD1724BFF759A7AFE4FF83C.taxon	description	Male. Body length 17.6 mm (range 15.6 mm – 20.3 mm); forewing length 14.7 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus punctured; interantennal area densely punctured; frons, vertex, gena with scattered punctures; mesosoma coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 43 I). Base of parameres thin, after triangle; ventral face polished with setae in the endges; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color. Setae and body ferruginous, with black spots in interantennal area, frons, vertex and mesoscotum; wings resembling females (Fig. 41)	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
03DE87A1FFD1724BFF759A7AFE4FF83C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NA. Mexico: Baja California, Baja California Sur (Map 8). United States of America (Barlett 1912; Betrem & Bradley 1964).	en	Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián, Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Gómez, Benigno (2022): The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography. Zootaxa 5214 (1): 47-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2
