Scolia chrysotricha chrysotricha

Scolia chrysotricha chrysotricha Burmeister

Scolia (Discolia) chrysotricha Burmeister, 1853.




Female in SAMC. Specimen SAM-HYM-A003974. Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Female nectaring at a mesem, and in the process providing a pollination service. Photographs © Rupert Koopman https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140777399
Specimens in SAMC

Distribution	South Africa.
Biology	External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae) that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter.
References	Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1964. Annotations on the Genera Triscolia, Megascolia and Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) (second part). Zoologische Mededelingen 40: 89-96. Bradley, J.C. 1959. The Scoliidae of Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 331-362. Brothers, D.J. & Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. Picker, M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Credits	Photographs of living specimen © Rupert Koopman Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).