Megascolia
Genus of wasps
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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.
| Megascolia | |
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| Megascolia bidens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
The following species are classified in the genus Megascolia which is further divided into two subgenera, Megascolia and Regiscolia:[2][3]
Subgenus Megascolia
- Megascolia (Megascolia) procer (Illiger, 1802)
- Megascolia (Megascolia) speciosa (Smith, 1857)
- Megascolia (Megascolia) velutina (Saussure, 1859)
Subgenus Regiscolia
- 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)