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 rufiventris Fabricius, 1804 Female not found in this study. Head and thorax black, very shiny and polished, showing only fine punctuations; central area of propodeum punctate, as well as its two lateral portions above; mandibles brown; legs and abdomen ferruginous, provided with ferruginous hairs; wings dark with violaceous reflections (Saussure 1858). Male. Body length 16.3 mm ; forewing length 12 mm ; Structure. Clypeus punctate in the margins; interantennal area, frons and vertex densely and coarsely punctured; gena with some punctures; mesosoma coarsely punctured; dorsal face propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; posterior face of propodeum scattered punctate. Genitalia ( Fig. 43F ). Parameres slender basally, and oval towards the distal portion, ventral face polished, margins with sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae. Color . Setae ferruginous; body mainly black; T2–T7 ferruginous; wings dark with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 35 ). Distribution. NT. Honduras : Comayagua ( Map 6 ). Brazil , Colombia , Costa Rica , Guiana , Mexico , Panama and Peru , ( Fabricius 1804 ; Saussure 1858; Fox 1896 ; Dos Santos et al. 2015 ; Añino et al. 2020 .