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 Scolia mexicana Saussure, 1858 Female. Body length 20.8 mm (range 18.3 mm – 23.2 mm ); forewing length 15.4 mm ; Structure. Curved lower margin of clypeus with lateral margins punctured; 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; hind tibial spurs acute S2 with a single tubercule. Color . Setae entirely black; T2–T3 or only T3 with yellow spots on each side, or without spots; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 30 ). 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; S2 with a single tubercule. Genitalia ( Fig. 43D ). 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 ). FIGURE 30. Female Scolia mexicana . Scale bar = 2 mm. FIGURE 31. Male Scolia mexicana . Scale bar = 2 mm. Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico : Estado de México , Chiapas , Coahuila , Guanajuato , Guerrero , Michoacán , Morelos, Querétaro ( Map 7 ). United States of America ( MacKay 1987 ).