Published December 31, 1859 | Version v1
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Scolia insularis

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Description

4. Scolia insularis.

S. nitida nigra; abdomine prismatico, alis obscure fuscis cupreo submicantibus.

Male. Length 7 - 9 lines. Shining black; head punctured, the vertex most finely and distinctly so. Thorax punctured, the disk of the mesothorax impunctate, the punctures wide apart on the scutellum and metathorax; the wings dark brown with a coppery iridescence, which has a remarkable dimness as if breathed upon. The basal segment of the abdomen strongly and closely punctured; the following segments more finely and distantly punctured, particularly the second and third segments.

Hab. Key Island.

Notes

Published as part of Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., pp. 132-158 in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3 on page 153

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Biodiversity

Family
Scoliidae
Genus
Scolia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
insularis
Taxon rank
species