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Subgenus Discolia Saussure, 1863 |
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Scolia
(Discolia) abyssinica
Saussure, 1858
(Ethiopia, Tanzania)
Scolia
(Discolia) affinis affinis
Guerin, 1830
(Senegal)
Scolia
(Discolia) affinis polita
Saussure, 1858
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Scolia
(Discolia) alaris
Saussure, 1858
(South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) ambidens
Saussure, 1892
Scolia
(Discolia) apicalis
Guerin, 1830
(Senegal)
Scolia
(Discolia) apicicornis
Guerin, 1830
(Senegal)
Scolia
(Discolia) atra
Illiger, 1802
Scolia
(Discolia) bicornis
Saussure, 1858
Scolia
(Discolia) bipennis
Saussure, 1859
Scolia
(Discolia) bohemanni
Saussure, 1859
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Scolia
(Discolia) caffra
Saussure & Sichel, 1864
(South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) chryseis
Kirby,
1889
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Scolia
(Discolia) chrysotricha chrysotricha
Burmeister, 1853
(South Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) chrysotricha capicola
Betrem, 1972 (South
Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) chrysotricha flavoareata
Betrem, 1972 (Lesotho)
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Scolia
(Discolia) chrysotricha
praestabilis
Saussure, 1892 (Lesotho, South Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) delagoensis
Gribodo, 1897
Scolia
(Discolia) divalis
Bradley, 1946
Scolia
(Discolia) edwardsi
Saussure, 1858
Scolia
(Discolia) erinnys
Saussure, 1859,
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Scolia
(Discolia) erythropyga
Burmeister, 1853
(Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) exilis
Saussure, 1859
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Scolia (Discolia)
fasciatopennis
Smith, 1855
(South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia (Discolia)
feae
Guiglia, 1927
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Scolia (Discolia) fraterna
Smith, 1855
(South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia (Discolia)
fulvofimbriata
Burmeister, 1853
(Lesotho, South Africa)
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Scolia (Discolia)
fulvofimbriata cinerata
Betrem, 1972 (Lesotho, South Africa)
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Scolia (Discolia)
fulvofimbriata senex
Betrem,
1972 (South Africa) |
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Scolia (Discolia)
heterotrichia
Cameron, 1910
Scolia (Discolia)
heydenii
Saussure, 1891
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Scolia (Discolia)
hottentotta
Saussaure, 1858
(Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia (Discolia)
hova
Saussure, 1891
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Scolia (Discolia)
iridicolor
Smith, 1855
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Scolia (Discolia)
kirby ana
Saussure, 1891
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Scolia
(Discolia) limata Betrem, 1972
(South Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) madecassa
Saussure, 1858
Scolia
(Discolia) megaera
Saussure, 1859
Scolia
(Discolia) meridionalis
Saussure, 1859
Scolia
(Discolia) micromelas
Sichel, 1864
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Scolia
(Discolia) morio morio
Fabricius, 1781
(Namibia,
Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) morio castanea
Guerin
& Percheron, 1834
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Scolia
(Discolia) morio decora (Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) morio rhodesiensis
Betrem, 1972
(Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) morio rufipes
Illiger, 1802
Scolia (Discolia)
oliveirii
(Radoskovsky, 1881)
Scolia (Discolia)
oryctophaga
Coquerel, 1855
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Scolia
(Discolia) otshweensis Betrem, 1972
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Scolia
(Discolia) pallidipilosella
Cameron, 1910
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Scolia
(Discolia) perpolita
Turner, 1917
(Zimbabwe) |
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Scolia
(Discolia) pommeri
Dalla
Torre, 1893
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Scolia
(Discolia) praecana
Saussure, 1892
(South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Scolia
(Discolia) ruficornis ruficornis
Fabricius, 1793
(Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) |
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Scolia
(Discolia) ruficornis melanaria
Burmeister, 1854 (South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Scolia
(Discolia) rufipes
Smith,
1844
Scolia
(Discolia) saussurei
Sichel, 1864
Scolia
(Discolia) senex
Smith,
1855
Scolia
(Discolia) smithii
Saussure & Sichel, 1864
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Scolia
(Discolia) terminalis
Burmeister, 1854
(South Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) tessmanni
Turner, 1911
Scolia
(Discolia) tisiphone
Saussure, 1859
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Scolia
(Discolia) tropica tropica
Saussure, 1858
(South Africa)
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Scolia
(Discolia) tropica nigripennis
Saussure, 1859
(Lesotho,
Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Scolia
(Discolia) wahlbergii
Saussure, 1859 (Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
Distribution |
Worldwide. |
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.
Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der
Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und
Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur.
Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg 62 (220–221):
1–62. |
Credits |
Photographs © Iziko Museums
of South Africa.
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums
of South Africa).
Photographs of living specimen © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (University of
Cape Town) (published
in Struik's
Field Guide to Insects of South Africa).
Photographs of living specimen pollinating ©
Rupert Koopman.
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