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Saussure, H. de, 1859. Description d‘une série d’Hyménoptères nouveaux de la tribu des Scoliens. Stettiner entomologische Zeitschrift 20: 171-191, 260-269.

Rough translation using Google Translate:

Black, shining; Wings blue; head, antennae and prothorax, citrine; abdominal tip with red hairs.

Length 17 mm; wing 12 mm. Small species, about the size of Scolia nobilitata. Thorax finely punctuated in all its extent. Metathorax blunt, showing no trace of a middle tooth; its plate smooth, shiny posterior, with sharp lateral edges. Abdomen smooth, shiny, devoid of basal teeth, finely punctuated. Body color black: epaulets, head and antennae orange or lemon yellow, with the hairs on these parts tawny. On the vertex, around the ocelli, a little black. Red mandibles. Segments 1 - 4 of the abdomen ciliate with grey hairs; the 5th and 6th rings covered with red-golden hairs. Black or brown legs, with the same colored hairs; forelegs ferruginous. Brown wings, with blue and purple reflections. Radial slightly exceeded by the second ulnar.

Lives in: northern Africa. - This beautiful Scoliid was brought back from Lake Ngami by the late Wahlberg and communicated to me by Mr. Boheman.

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