Genus Araripescolia Nel, Escuillie & Garrouste, gen. nov.

Type species. Araripescolia magnifica Nel, Escuillie & Garrouste, sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after the type locality Sierra of Araripe and the genus name Scolia, gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Presence of longitudinally wrinkled structures of apical parts of fore and hind wings; fore wing cell 2 R1 long, with apex not contiguous with wing margin; cell 3 Rs closed, nearly as long as high; cell 1+2 Rs with a long anterior side; crossvein r-rs short, straight; crossvein 2 m-cu sigmoidal; costal vein confluent before pterostigma; radial vein uninterrupted; hind wing Rs and M very long before r-m; cell 1 Rs closed; cu-a well distal of M-Cu fork.