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 dubia haematodes Burmeister, 1854 Female. Body length 17.6 mm ; forewing length 14 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; hind tibial spurs acute. Color . Setae and body black and from the second reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 25 ). FIGURE 25. Female Scolia dubia haematodes . Scale bar = 2 mm. 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. 43A ). 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 ). Distribution. NA. Mexico : Coahuila . United States of America : New Mexico ( Map 6 ).