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 nobilitata tricincta Say, 1823 Female. Body length 12.4 mm ; forewing length 9 mm ; Structure. Clypeus punctated in the margins; interantennal area densely punctured; frons and vertex scattered shallow punctured; gena polished with some punctured; mesosoma densely and shallow punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Color . Saetae yellow and body ferruginous; margins of the eyes with a yellow band extending to the vertex; mesopleuron, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum with yellow spots; T1–T5 with yellow spots on each side; wings fuscous hyaline with violaceous reflections ( Fig. 33 ). FIGURE 32. Female Scolia nobilitata nobilitata . Scale bar = 2 mm. FIGURE 33. Female Scolia nobilitata tricincta . Scale bar = 2 mm. Male. Body length 12.4 mm (range 12.3 mm – 12.5 mm ); forewing length 9.2 mm ; Structure. Clypeus punctated in the margins; interantennal area and frons densely punctured; vertex and gena scattered punctured; mesosoma with shallow punctured; propodeum shallow punctate throughout. Genitalia ( Fig. 43E ). Parameres more or less straight, ventral face polished with some sparse setae in the margin; volsellae with short sparse setae, apice with long dense setae. Color . Setae yellow, head and mesosoma black, metasoma ferruginous; clypeus yellow in top margin, or not; eyes with yellow band in anterior and posterior margins; mesopleuron, pronotum, scutellum, metanotum with yellow spots; T1–T5 or T2–T4 and S2 with yellow spots on each side; wings fuscous hyaline ( Fig. 34 ). FIGURE 34. Male Scolia nobilitata tricincta . Scale bar = 2 mm. Valid subspecies: Scolia nobilitata otomita Saussure, 1858 , Scolia nobilitata otomita var. consors Saussure, 1863 . Distribution. NA. Mexico : Baja California Sur ( Map 6 ). United States of America (Barlett 1912; MacKay 1987 ; Grisell 2007 ).