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 flammicoma Bradley, 1928 Female. Body length 16 mm ; forewing length 11 mm ; Structure. Clypeus thoroughly striate; interantennal area forming an elevated striate plate with coarse punctures and shiny surface, upper and lateral margins with crested ridges; vertex and gena sparsely punctuate; pronotum coarsely and closely punctate; central area of mesoscutum impunctate; scutellum with few coarse punctures; dorsal area of propodeum narrow and coarsely punctate; posterior face of propodeum with a few punctures; hind tibial spurs spatulate; pygidium with sparse coarse punctures, and conspicuous rounded lobes on each side of lateral margin. Color . Setae and integument ferruginous; pronotum with yellow spots on each side; yellow spots on dorsal sides and central area of propodeum; T1–T5 with broad yellow markings converging towards mid area; wings hyaline, moderately fuscous brown towards the apex ( Fig. 5 ). 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. 42B ). 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 T4–T7 and T1–T3 ferruginous; yellow maculations on clypeus, frontal and posterior margin of eyes, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum, legs, and T1–T6 and S2–S6; wings hyaline ( Fig 6 ). Distribution. NA. Mexico : Baja California ( Map 2 ). United States of America (Bradley 1828a; Hurd 1952 ; MacKay 1987 ).