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Campsomeris is a Neotropical genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps. They are generally parasites of beetle larvae, most often of Scarabaeidae ...
Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775 – double-banded scoliid; Scolia binotata Fabricius 1804; Scolia bnun Tsuneki, 1972; Scolia carbonaria (Linnaeus, 1767) Scolia clypeata Sickmann 1894; Scolia consors (Saussure, 1863) Scolia cypria Saussure, 1854; Scolia dubia (Say, 1837) – two-spotted scoliid wasp, blue-winged scoliid wasp; Scolia ebenina ...
The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their ...
Dielis is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps, formerly treated as a subgenus within Campsomeris. [ 1 ] Description and identification
Pyrrhoscolia is a genus of scoliid wasps in the subfamily Scoliinae. It is native to the Afrotropics, where they have been recorded in various Afromontane regions. They are external parasitoids of beetle larvae. [1] The wings of all three species are noted for their brilliant lustre. [2]
Scolia dubia, also known as the two-spotted scoliid wasp [1] or a blue-winged scoliid wasp, is a species in the family Scoliidae. Description and identification
The solitary giant scoliid, Megascolia procer, with a wingspan of 11.5 cm, [14] has subspecies in Sumatra and Java; [15] it is a parasitoid of the Atlas beetle Chalcosoma atlas. [16] The female giant ichneumon wasp Megarhyssa macrurus is 12.5 centimetres (5 in) long including its very long but slender ovipositor which is used for boring into ...
The heaviest wasp (and heaviest hymenopteran) is probably the giant scoliid wasp Megascolia procer, it can reach a body length of over 7.7 cm (3.0 in) and have a wingspan of 11.6 cm (4.6 in). The largest known social wasps are the queens of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia). They can have a body length exceeding 6 cm (2.4 in) and a 9.3 ...