Scolia dubia haematodes Burmeister, 1854

Female. Body length 17.6 mm; forewing length 14 mm; Structure. Lateral margins of clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex and gena densely and coarsely punctured; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctured; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout; hind tibial spurs acute. Color. Setae and body black and from the second reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings dark with violaceous reflections (Fig. 25).

Male. Body length 21 mm; forewing length 15.1 mm; Structure. Clypeus, interantennal area, frons, vertex, and gena densely and coarsely punctate; mesosoma densely and coarsely punctate; propodeum densely and coarsely punctate throughout. Genitalia (Fig. 43A). Parameres converging towards the apex with a very sharp angle; apical half ventral face polished with some sparce setae and the other half with sparse setae; volsellae with short sparse setae Color. Setae and body black and from the third reddish segment of metasoma with reddish setae; wings resembling females (Fig. 26).

Valid subspecies. Scolia dubia dubia Say, 1837 is differentiated by two oval yellow spots on third abdominal tergum (Mackay 1987).

Distribution. NA. Mexico: Coahuila. United States of America: New Mexico (Map 6).