Triscolia ardens
{{Short description|Species of wasp}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Triscolia ardens (46510301).jpg
| genus = Triscolia
| species = ardens
| authority = (Smith, 1855)
| synonyms =
- Scolia ardens Smith, 1855
}}
Triscolia ardens is a species of wasp in the family Scoliidae. It is the sole member of its genus found in North America outside of Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2011/09/wasp-wednesday-triscolia-ardens.html |title=Wasp Wednesday, Triscolia ardens |last=Eaton |first=Eric R. |date=September 21, 2011|website=Bug Eric |publisher= |access-date=October 18, 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Eaton |first1=Eric R. |last2=Kaufman |first2=Kenn |date=2007 |title=Kaufman Field Guide to insects of North America |location= |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |page=350-351 |isbn=0618153101}}
Description and identification
Among the North American fauna, this species is recognized as a Triscolia by the combination of a single recurrent vein and three submarginal cells. The integument and setae are black from the head to the second segment of the gaster but red on the remainder of the gaster. In terms of color, this species resembles the common Scolia dubia but lacks the distinctive yellow spots of the nominate subspecies. As with other scoliids, the females have short antennae, while the males have long antennae, and possess a "three pronged pseudosting".
Distribution
T. ardens is known from the Mexican states of Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Sonora{{cite journal |last1=Ramírez-Guillén |first1=Luis Damián |last2=Falcon-Brindis |first2=Armando |last3=Gómez |first3=Benigno |date=2022 |title=The Scoliidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea) of Mexico: taxonomy and biogeography |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5214 |issue=1 |pages=47–88 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5214.1.2}} and from the United States from California to Texas.{{cite journal |last=Hurd |first=Paul D. Jr. |date=1952 |title=The Scoliidae of California |url=https://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis01_6.pdf |journal=Bulletin of the California Insect Survey |volume=1 |issue=6 |pages=141–152 |access-date=August 15, 2023}}