Scolia fulgidipennis

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 152-153

3. Scolia fulgidipennis .

S. nitida, nigra; abdomine prismtico, alis fuscis viride et violaceo micantibus.

Female. Length 12 - 13 lines. Jet-black, shining; head ver smooth, the hinder margin of the vertex finely punctured, the face with a few fine scattered punctures; the flagellum obscurely rufo-fusous. Thorax finely punctured, the disk of the mesothorax impuntate; wings dark brown with a splendid green iridescence, with viet tints towards their base; the legs thickly spinose and pubescent; the calcaria simple. Abdomen with scattered fine punctures; the apical segment densely clothed with black pubescence; beneath, with strong scattered punctures. Male. Rather smaller than the female, much more closely punctured, and not so shining and smooth; the face with a transverse arched carina above the insertion of the antennae, which enters the emargination of the eyes; the clypeus strongly punctured; in other respects resembling the female,

Hab. Aru.

This species belongs to Guerin's division Liacos, of which S. dimidiata is the type; the third discoidal cell is petiolated, the petiole entering the second submarginal about the middle.