The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography Author Ramírez-Guillén, Luis Damián Posgrado en Ciencias en Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Rural, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s / n C. P. 29290, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Author Falcon-Brindis, Armando 0000-0003-2496-2178 Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, 348 University Drive, Princeton, KY 42445, USA. armandofalcon 123 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2496 - 2178 armandofalcon123@gmail.com Author Gómez, Benigno 0000-0002-7260-6744 Departamento de Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s / n C. P. 29290, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. bgomez @ ecosur. mx; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7260 - 6744 bgomez@ecosur.mx text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-30 5214 1 47 88 journal article 199054 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2 d2fe81b2-08b6-4c40-8082-53c5faad2a5c 1175-5326 7381933 4396E2FC-2FBE-4F0D-B5E5-50B74F32CE01 Xanthocampsomeris completa completa Rohwer, 1927 Female. Body length 15.5 mm (range 11.3 mm – 18 mm ); forewing length 11.7 mm ; Structure. Clypeus striate with margins punctate; interantennal area densely and coarsely punctate; frons, vertex and gena polished; pronotum densely and coarsely punctate; mesoscotum punctate in margins and polished in the middle; scutellum and metanotum with scattered punctate; anterior face of propodeum densely and coarsely punctate, posterior face polished with a few punctures, and lateral margins of propodeum with coarsely punctures; hind tibial spurs acute; pygidium covered with danse hair. Color . T1–T3 with yellow bands and sometimes T4; wings fuscous hyaline ( Fig 19 ). 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. 42I ). 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; T2–T4 with yellow bands S2–S3 with yellow spots on each side, S3 dim or absent; wings fuscous hyaline ( Fig. 20 ). FIGURE 19. Female Xanthocampsomeris completa completa . Scale bar = 2 mm. FIGURE 20. Male Xanthocampsomeris completa completa . Scale bar = 2 mm. 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 ).