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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Colpa » Colpa pollenifera

Species Colpa pollenifera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · See Also
Scoliid wasp? - Colpa pollenifera hundreds on the flowers of seep willow (Baccharis salicifolia) - Colpa pollenifera - male Scoliid Wasp? - Colpa pollenifera - male Trielis pollenifera?? - Colpa pollenifera - female Scoliidae - Colpa pollenifera - female Wasp - Colpa pollenifera Unknown Scoliid wasp - Colpa pollenifera Scolia nobilitata - Colpa pollenifera - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Scolioidea
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
Genus Colpa
Species pollenifera (Colpa pollenifera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Colpa pollenifera (Viereck, 1906)
Identification
Scutellum divided (undivided in the widespread C. octomaculata), wings with strong metallic blue reflections.

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Scolia nobilitata
Contributed by George Waldren on 12 September, 2009 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 27 March, 2023 - 8:17pm

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