Pyrrhoscolia
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| Pyrrhoscolia | |
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| The type species P. fax in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Tribe: | Scoliini |
| Genus: | Pyrrhoscolia Bradley, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Scolia (Pyrrhoscolia) fax (Bradley, 1957) | |
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| range of genus | |
Pyrrhoscolia is a genus of scoliid wasps in the subfamily Scoliinae. It is native to the Afrotropics, where they have been recorded in various Afromontane regions. They are external parasitoids of beetle larvae.[1] The wings of all three species are noted for their brilliant lustre.[2]
