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 Colpa octomaculata texensis Saussure, 1858 Female. Body length 15.4 mm (range 12.9 mm – 17.6 mm ); forewing length 11 mm ; Structure. Clypeus with sparse punctures along margins; antennal margins crested; interantennal area and frons sparsely punctate; horizontal impunctate and shiny band delimitating frons from interantennal area; vertex and gena impunctate; pronotum with moderately coarse and sparse punctures; mesoscutum, scutellum, and metanotum coarsely punctured along margins; dorsal area of propodeum coarsely punctate; most of the posterior face of propodeum impunctate and shiny, excepting some scattered punctures on the basal area; hind tibial spurs spatulate, spoon-like. Color . Setae, mandibles, clypeus, interantennal area, scape, vertex, gena, legs and sterna, ferruginous; yellow maculation on clypeus, frons, eye margins, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, sides of propodeum, T1–T5, rarely on T5, and S2 or S3; wings infuscate on upper distal portion ( Fig. 7 ). FIGURE 7. Female Colpa octomaculata texensis . Scale bar = 2 mm. 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. 42C ). 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 T2–T7 and S3–S7 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, T2–T5 and S3; wings hyaline ( Fig. 8 ). FIGURE 8. Male Colpa octomaculata texensis . Scale bar = 2 mm. Valid subspecies: Colpa octomaculata octomaculata Say, 1823 , Colpa octomaculata hermione Banks 1912 , Colpa octomaculata xanthina Saussure, 1864 . Distribution. NA. Mexico : Baja California Sur , San Luis Potosí , Sonora . United States of America : New Mexico ( Map 2 ).