Megascolia is a genus of large solitary pollinating insect from the family Scoliidae, the species classified under Megascolia include some of the world's largest insects. They are parasitoids of large Scarabeid beetles such as the European rhinoceros beetle Oryctes nasicornis and Atlas beetle Chalcosoma atlas.
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| Megascolia bidens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Tribe: | Scoliini |
| Genus: | Megascolia Betrem, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Megascolia procer | |
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Species
editThe following species are classified in the genus Megascolia which is further divided into two subgenera, Megascolia and Regiscolia:[2][3]
Subgenus Megascolia
edit- Megascolia (Megascolia) procer (Illiger, 1802)
- Megascolia (Megascolia) speciosa (Smith, 1857)
- Megascolia (Megascolia) velutina (Saussure, 1859)
Subgenus Regiscolia
edit- Megascolia (Regiscolia) alecto (Smith, 1858)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) azurea (Christ, 1791)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) bidens (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) capitata (Fabricius, 1804)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) fulvifrons (Saussure, 1854)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata (Drury, 1773)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) philippinensis (Rohwer, 1921)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) rubida (Gribodo, 1893)
- Megascolia (Regiscolia) splendida (Saussure, 1858)
References
edit- ^ J.G. Betrem; J. Chester Bradley (1964). "Annotations on the genera Triscolia, Megascolia and Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 39 (43): 433–444.
- ^ "Megascolia Betrem, 1928". BioLib. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Taxonomy for Megascolia". insectoid.info. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.