Colpa

Colpa
Colpa sexmaculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Subfamily: Scoliinae
Genus:
Dufour, 1841
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Trielis Saussure, 1863
  • Campsoscolia Betrem, 1922

Colpa is a genus of scoliid wasp.[1]

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Despite historical treatment under the tribe Campsomerini, phylogenetic analysis revealed the genus to instead be sister to the tribe Scoliini. As a result, it was excluded from Campsomerini. Two possibilities were presented, pending results on the placement of Guigliana and Dasyscolia: either to treat a third tribe, Colpini, or to transfer the genera to Scoliini.[3]

Species

There are 24 species recognized in this genus:[1]

Subgenus Colpa (Carbonelis)

  • Colpa carbonaria (Klug, 1832)
  • Colpa siderea (Costa, 1893)

Subgenus Colpa (Colpa)

  • Colpa klugii (Vander Linden, 1827)
  • Colpa octomaculata octomaculata (Say, 1823)
  • Colpa octomaculata hermione (Banks, 1912)
  • Colpa octomaculata texensis (Saussure, 1858)
  • Colpa octomaculata xantiana (Saussure, 1864)[4]
  • Colpa pollenifera (Viereck, 1906)
  • Colpa sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781)

Subgenus Colpa (Crioscolia)

  • Colpa alcione (Banks, 1917)
  • Colpa flammicoma (Bradley, 1928)
  • Colpa moricei (Saunders, 1910)
  • Colpa punctum (Saussure, 1891)
  • Colpa tartara tartara (Saussure, 1880)
  • Colpa tartara mongoiica (Morawitz, 1889)

Subgenus Colpa (Heterelis)

  • Colpa braunsi (Turner, 1912)
  • Colpa expeditionis Betrem, 1972
  • Colpa massadae Osten, 2002
  • Colpa mima (du Buysson, 1897)
  • Colpa pardalina (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  • Colpa quinquecincta quinquecincta (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Colpa quinquecincta maroccana (Gribodo, 1895)
  • Colpa quinquecincta occidentalis (Betrem & Bradley, 1972)
  • Colpa quinquecincta rudaba (Kirby, 1889)
  • Colpa schulthessi Betrem, 1972
  • Colpa stigma (Saussure, 1859)
  • Colpa technowi (Turner, 1919)

Subgenus Colpa (Junodelis)

  • Colpa junodi Betrem & Bradley, 1972
  • Colpa loveridgei Betrem, 1972
  • Colpa voiensis Betrem, 1972

Subgenus Colpa (Nyaselis)

  • Colpa nyasensis Betrem, 1972

References

  1. ^ a b c Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  2. ^ Krombein, Karl V. (1979). "Scoliidae". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 1316.
  3. ^ Khouri, Z.; Gillung, J.P.; Kimsey, L.S. (2022). "The evolutionary history of mammoth wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)". bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.01.24.474473.
  4. ^ de Saussure, Henri; Sichel, Jules (1864). Catalogue des espéces de l'ancien genre Scolia, contenant les diagnoses, les descriptions et la synonymie des espéces, avec des remarques explicatives et critiques. Geneva: Henri Georg. p. 149. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9323. Retrieved 2025-01-22.