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| Regiscolia | |
|---|---|
| Regiscolia bidens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Subfamily: | Scoliinae |
| Tribe: | Scoliini |
| Genus: | Regiscolia Betrem & Bradley, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| Scolia flavifrons Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Species | |
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9 species, see text | |
Regiscolia is a genus of solitary wasps from the family Scoliidae.[1]
Taxonomy and phylogeny
[edit]Regiscolia was originally described in 1964 by Betrem and Bradley. It was elevated to a separate genus in 2025 by Castagnet and Cabon.[1]
Species
[edit]The following 9 species are classified in the genus Regiscolia:[1][2]
- Regiscolia alecto (Smith, 1858)
- Regiscolia almoraensis (Gupta & Jonathan, 2003)
- Regicolia azurea (Christ, 1791)
- Regiscolia bidens (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Regiscolia capitata (Fabricius, 1804)
- Regiscolia fulvifrons (Saussure, 1854)
- Regiscolia maculata (Drury, 1773)
- Regiscolia rubida (Gribodo, 1893)
- Regiscolia splendida (Saussure, 1858)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Castagnet, Jean-Baptiste; Cabon, Flavien (September 30, 2025). "Review of the genus Megascolia Betrem, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae)". Zootaxa. 5700 (1): 1–127. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5700.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 41118924.
- ↑ "Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata subsp. flavifrons (Fabricius 1775) Betrem 1928". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-05-07.