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 Dielis tolteca Saussure, 1857 Female. Body length 18.7 mm (range 13.9 mm – 27.7 mm ); forewing length 14 mm ; Structure. Clypeus dull with scattered punctures on upper margin, lower margin striated, middle striae tend to be stronger; interantennal area densely punctured; frons with sparse punctures; vertex and gena smooth with few punctures; pronotum densely punctured; dorsal surface or mesosoma with sparse and coarse punctures; coarse and close punctures on dorsal face of propodeum, posterior face of propodeum impunctate, with scattered punctures on the lateral and upper; hind tibial spurs spatulate. Color . Setae white; body black; ferruginous maculation on T2–T4 and sometimes T1; apical and subapical setae on T2–T6 ferruginous; wings dark with slight violaceous reflections ( Fig. 11 ). Male. Body length 15.4 mm ( 8.7 mm 19.9 mm ); forewing length 11.6 mm ; Structure. Clypeus margins, interantennal area and frons sparsely punctate; vertex and gena with some punctures; dorsal surface of mesosoma shiny, with shallow and scattered punctures; meso and metapleura covered with dense short appressed hairs; fore wings hairy along the anterior margin and the area without cells. Genitalia ( Fig. 42E ). Parameres robust gently curved inward, apex rounded, ventral face polished with long thick setae in the mid area; volsellae with long sparse setae. Color . Setae white, those on apical terga (T5–T7) and sterna (S5–S7) black; vertical yellow bands on lateral margins of clypeus; yellow transversal line on frontal face of pronotum; yellow maculations on scutellum, metanotum and apical part of tegulae; femurs with yellow bands; irregular yellow stripes on dorsal face of fore and mid tibiae, ventral face of femora; yellow bands on apical margins of T1–T4, and apical margin of S2–S4; wings hyaline ( Fig. 12 ). Distribution. NA and NT. Mexico : Baja California , Baja California Sur , Campeche , Chiapas , Coahuila , Guanajuato , Guerrero , Jalisco , Michoacán , Morelos , Oaxaca , Quintana Roo , Sinaloa , Sonora , Tabasco , Veracruz . El Salvador : San Salvador . Guatemala : Huehuetenango . Honduras : Comayagua . Nicaragua : Rivas ( Map 3 ). Haiti and United States of America (Bradley 1828b; Hurd 1952 ; Porter 1981 ; MacKay 1987 )