Colpa

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

Gallery

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  Colpa octomaculata hermione female
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  Colpa octomaculata hermione male
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  Colpa octomaculata octomaculata female
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  Colpa octomaculata texensis female
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  Colpa octomaculata texensis male
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  Colpa octomaculata xantiana female
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  Colpa quinquecincta occidentalis female
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  Colpa quinquecincta occidentalis male
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  Colpa quinquecincta quinquecincta female
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  Colpa quinquecincta quinquecincta males
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  Colpa sexmaculata female
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  Colpa sexmaculata male

References

1. 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.