Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
»
Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
»
Scolioidea
»
Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae)
»
Scoliini
»
Scolia
Genus
Scolia
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)
Tribe
Scoliini
Genus
Scolia
Explanation of Names
Scolia
Fabricius
1775
Greek
skolos
, 'thorn, prickle' or
skol
i
os
, 'bent, crooked' (perhaps referring to these wasps' notably curved posture)
Numbers
5 spp. in our area
(
1
)
(
2
)
, a great many more in the Old World (30 in Europe alone)
Works Cited
1.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
2.
Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae)
von Till Osten. 2005. Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, 62: 1–62.
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
v belov
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 16 November, 2021 - 9:42pm