Species Triscolia ardens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)

Genus Triscolia

Species ardens (Triscolia ardens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Originally described as Scolia ardens Smith, 1855 and was later transferred to the new genus Triscolia.

Triscolia de Saussure, 1863 is a valid genus, and contains two species.

Triscolia ardens (Smith, 1855) is our species in the United States. Triscolia badia (de Saussure, 1863) occurs in Baja California, Mexico.

Betrem & Bradley in 1964 clarified the type specimen of this genus and moved these two species into Triscolia.

Contributed by George Waldren on 12 September, 2009 - 8:59pm
Last updated 2 October, 2009 - 4:07pm

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