Scolia (wasp)

Scolia is a genus of scoliid wasps in the subfamily Scoliinae. There are over 200 described species in Scolia.

Taxonomy and phylogeny
Scolia was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. This genus is classified under the tribe Scoliini of the subfamily Scoliinae within the family Scoliidae. Scolia is itself divided into three subgenera, Scolia (Scolia), and Scolia (Discolia), and Scolia (Hesperoscolia). Males of the subgenus Scolia (Scolia) have dense, silky setae on the volsella, while those of the subgenus Scolia (Discolia) lack dense setae on the volsella.

Description and identification
Scolia are small to medium wasps between 5 - 25 mm. The forewing has a single recurrent vein and two submarginal cells. The species are usually black with variable yellow or red markings. The majority of setae are usually black or white but may also be mixed with red or yellow.

Distribution
Scolia is a cosmopolitan genus. 40 species are known from India alone. Another 50 species are known from the Palearctic. 20 more species are known from the Americas.

Species
These species belong to the genus Scolia:


 * Scolia affinis Guérin-Méneville, 1830
 * Scolia anatoliae Osten, 2004
 * Scolia asiella Betrem, 1935
 * 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 Saussure, 1858
 * Scolia erythrocephala Fabricius, 1798
 * Scolia erythropyga Burmeister, 1853
 * Scolia fallax Eversmann, 1849
 * Scolia fasciatopunctata Guerin 1838
 * Scolia flaviceps Eversmann, 1846
 * Scolia fuciformis Scopoli, 1786
 * Scolia galbula (Pallas, 1771)
 * Scolia guttata (Burmeister, 1853)
 * Scolia hirta (Schrank, 1781)
 * Scolia histrionica (Fabricius 1787)
 * Scolia hortorum Fabricius, 1787
 * Scolia kuroiwae Matsumura & Uchida 1926
 * Scolia mexicana (Saussure, 1858)
 * Scolia nigrita Fabricius
 * Scolia nobilis Saussure 1858
 * Scolia nobilitata (Fabricius, 1805) – noble scoliid wasp
 * Scolia oculata Matsumura 1911 – yellow-banded scoliid wasp
 * Scolia orientalis Saussure, 1856
 * Scolia picteti Saussure 1854
 * Scolia rufiventris (Fabricius 1804)
 * Scolia rugifrons Betrem 1928
 * Scolia semitacta Bradley, 1959
 * Scolia sexmaculata (O. F. Müller, 1766)
 * Scolia sinensis Saussure 1864
 * Scolia superciliaris Saussure 1864
 * Scolia turkestanica Betrem 1935
 * Scolia verticalis (Fabricius, 1775) – yellow-headed flower wasp, yellow-headed scoliid wasp
 * Scolia vollenhoveni Saussure 1859
 * Scolia wahlbergii Saussure, 1859
 * Scolia watanabei Matsumura 1912
 * † Scolia distincta Zhang, 1989
 * † Scolia saussureana Heer, 1865