Regiscolia

Regiscolia
Regiscolia bidens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

9 species, see text

Regiscolia is a genus of solitary wasps from the family Scoliidae.[1]

Taxonomy and phylogeny

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

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

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata subsp. flavifrons (Fabricius 1775) Betrem 1928". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-05-07.