taxonID	type	description	language	source
F41087BA7446FF976E3BFBA1FA87FABA.taxon	description	See comments below under genus Phalerimeris regarding the status of Phaleromeris Bradley, 1964 b.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF976E39FDEFFBF9FB83.taxon	type_taxon	(type species Tiphia collaris Fabricius, 1775 by original designation).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF976E39FDEFFBF9FB83.taxon	description	Notes The name Tetrasciton was attributed by Argaman (1996) to Betrem (1927 a). However, Betrem’s (1927 a) Tetrasciton was a nomen nudum, the genus being neither described nor associated with any species name. This name must therefore be attributed to Argaman (1996) himself.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF956D84FAEEFB49F8CB.taxon	description	1 A – B, 7 A, 9 A, 11 A, 13 A, 15 A, 17 A, 19 A, 21 A, 23 A, 25 A, 27 A, 29 A, 31 A, 33 A, 35 A, 37 A, 39 A, 40 A, 41 A, 42 A	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF956D84FAEEFB49F8CB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; no data; HKBM • 1 ♂; Shui Hau; 22 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ N, 113 ° 55 ′ 08 ″ E; 15 – 29 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 2 ♂♂; Tai Lung Farm; 21 Oct. 1981; TLFES • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 22 Oct. 1981; TLFES.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF956D84FAEEFB49F8CB.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). L: 20.1 mm; CR: 1.16; OOR: 0.44; CLR: 0.49; MER: 0.83; OMR: 0.88; FRR: 2.0; MSR: 0.74; TER: 1.79. HEAD. Head densely punctate near lateral margins of clypeus, on frontal spatium and lower part of frons outside ocular sinus, punctures contiguous or separated by a distance less that their own diameter (Fig. 15 A); declivous part of vertex with dense punctures contiguous or separated by a distance less than their own diameter (Fig. 19 A), remainder of head sparsely punctate to impunctate. MESOSOMA. Mesocutum and dorsomedian area of propodeum moderately to densely punctate (Figs 23 A, 27 A), posterior marginal areas of scutellum and metanotum, sparsely punctate to impunctate (Fig. 27 A); rear margin of dorsomedian area of propodeum medially produced into posteriorly directed tubercle (Fig. 23 A). Mesopleuron largely densely but minutely punctate anteriorly and posteriorly, narrowly coarsely punctate along sharp median crest only; metapleuron largely densely but minutely punctate with effaced larger punctures on lower panel, with sharp carina dividing upper and lower panels; lateral panel of propodeum largely densely but minutely punctate, becoming more coarsely punctate dorsally and posteriorly. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 A). Dorso-median area of propodeum with distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 A). METASOMA. Metasoma with strong division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; tergites broadly impunctate discally, becoming moderately punctate anteriorly and posteriorly (Figs 31 A, 35 A). Basal elevation of T 2 well developed (gradulus) (Fig. 35 A). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Fore wing with very few and minute short hairs in the first submarginal cell COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument entirely black (Fig. 7 A). Vestiture light yellow except black on T 5 and T 6. Wings mostly yellowish, fore wing darkly infumated with purple reflections anterodistally. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 5). L: 15.3 – 18.4 mm (mean = 16.5 mm); CR: 1.13 – 1.22 (mean = 1.17); OOR: 1.10 – 1.50 (mean = 1.33); CLR: 0.57 – 0.65 (mean = 0.61); MER: 1.14 – 1.33 (mean = 1.23); OMR: 1.01 – 1.08 (mean = 1.04); FRR: 1.72 – 1.93 (mean = 1.82); MSR: 0.82 – 0.88 (mean = 0.85); TER: 1.34 – 1.47 (mean = 1.39). HEAD. Head broadly impunctate on disc of clypeus (Fig. 17 A); densely punctate on frontal spatium and ocular sinus (Fig. 21 A); moderately punctate laterally on frons but broadly impunctate immediately in front of anterior ocellus, moderately punctate on declivous part of vertex; frontal spatium moderately well-defined posteriorly (Fig. 17 A); frontal fissura present between posterior margin of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus. MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum with dense but very shallow punctures (Fig. 25 A); mesoscutum uniformly moderately punctate (many punctures separated by about their diameter); scutellum and metanotum each moderately punctate anteriorly, broadly impunctate posteriorly (Fig. 25 A); dorsum of propodeum mostly densely punctate (Fig. 29 A). Lateral panels of mesosoma with punctation mostly obscured by dense appressed pile (Fig. 9 A); mesopleuron mostly densely punctate; metapleuron and lateral panel of propodeum largely impunctate, upper and lower panels of metapleuron separated by sharp transverse carina. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 A). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 A). METASOMA. Metasoma with very weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; tergites moderately but shallowly punctate (Figs 33 A, 37 A). Basal elevation of T 2 well developed (gradulus) (Fig. 37 A). WINGS. Same as female, but first submarginal cell uniformly setose. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black with following areas yellow: base of mandible; broadly along lateral margin of clypeus; dorsum of pronotum; large paired spots on scutellum (spots may be more or less coalesced medially); disc of metanotum; pronotal callosity; broad yellow lines on all femora, fore and mid tibiae and fore basitarsus; more or less broad apical bands on T 1 – T 5 and apicolaterally on S 2 – S 4 (Figs 9 A, 13 A). Vestiture yellow or white except black on metasomal segments 6 and 7 (Fig. 9 A). Wings lightly infumated. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere with sparse setae mainly located on margin (Fig. 40 A), dorsal side with denser setae on all its surface (Fig. 39 A); volsella with a few long setae mainly on its apical exterior margin (Fig. 40 A), cuspis volsellaris with sparse short setae on entire surface (Figs 40 A, 41 A, 42 A); volsella with a few sensory cones medially on its external margin (Fig. 42 A) and a wide lamella on inner margins (Fig. 39 A). External margin of paramere abruptly angled medially, flattened apically (Fig. 40 A); aedeagus with 10 teeth, serrated margin broadly convex	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF956D84FAEEFB49F8CB.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1 A – B) China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guizhou, Fujian, Hebei, Hong Kong [Kowloon], Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunan, Zhejiang); Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi); Philippines (Luzon, Leyte, Panay, Mindanao); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa island); Korea (South, Honam Jeju); Malaysia (Malacca); Myanmar (Tenasserim); Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow), West Bengal); Manchuria (?). [Bingham 1897; Betrem 1941; Baltazar 1966; Wang 1992; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7446FF956D84FAEEFB49F8CB.taxon	discussion	Notes The male illustrated in Figure 9 A is deposited at the Tai Lung Experimental Station, HK. As it bears no label it cannot be assumed to have been collected in Hong Kong though most specimens of this collection were collected on the farm grounds. Baltazar (1966: 223) recorded Leucophilis irrorata Chevrolat, 1841 (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) as a host for Campsomeriella annulata. This host species has not been recorded from Hong Kong but many closely related beetles in the tribes Leucopholini Burmeister, 1855 and Rhizotrogini Burmeister, 1855 are present in the territory (Paul Aston pers. com.).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744BFF986DABFEC0FC43FAC6.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – B, 7 B, 9 B, 11 B, 13 B, 15 B, 19 B, 23 B, 25 B, 27 B, 29 B, 31 B, 33 B, 35 B, 37 B, 39 B, 40 B, 41 B, 42 B	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744BFF986DABFEC0FC43FAC6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 2 ♂♂; no labels; TLFES • 1 ♂; no labels; HKBM • 2 ♀♀; Tsat Sing Kong; 22 ° 26 ′ 49.1 ″ N, 114 ° 05 ′ 06.9 ″ E; alt. 11 m; 7 Apr. 2021; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, refs: 0724. U. Hy. 1 A and 0724. U. Hy. 1 A; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744BFF986DABFEC0FC43FAC6.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 2). L: 15.5 – 20.8 mm (mean = 18.5 mm); CR: 1.20 – 1.21 (mean = 1.20); OOR: 0.77 – 0.82 (mean = 0.79); CLR: 0.41 – 0.46 (mean = 0.44); MER: 0.80 – 0.84 (mean = 0.82); OMR: 0.83 – 0.90 (mean = 0.86); FRR: 1.79 – 2.0 (mean = 1.89); MSR: 0.70 – 0.73 (mean = 0.72); TER: 1.90 – 2.24 (mean = 2.07). HEAD. Head densely punctate near lateral margins of clypeus, disc of clypeus impunctate, large punctures on frontal spatium and ocular sinuses (Fig. 15 B); gena, frons, intraocular space and vertex mostly impunctate (a few isolated punctures) (Fig. 19 B). MESOSOMA. Mesoscutum, with small punctures (diameter of punctures 2 – 3 × the distance between them), much denser on lateroposterior sides, disc with fewer punctures; scutellum evenly punctate with small punctures, posterior margin impunctate; metanotum sparsely punctate medially, impunctate laterally (Fig. 23 B); dorsomedian area of propodeum with large punctures (diameter of puncture 1 × the distance between them), dorsolateral area of propodeum, bearing numerous minute punctures (Fig. 27 B). Frontal area of mesopleuron with large uniform punctures, dorsal side of upper panel and ventral side of lower panel punctate, large impunctate area medially. Upper and lower panels of metapleuron mostly impunctate (shiny); lateral panels of propodeum with dense large punctures, somewhat becoming impunctate towards the metapleural carina. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 B). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 B). METASOMA. Metasoma sharp but somewhat reduced crest between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 31 B); tergites broadly impunctate discally, with narrow row of fine punctures apically and small band of spaced punctures basally (Fig. 35 B); T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 35 B). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Fore wings glabrous COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument entirely black (Fig. 7 B). Dense white setae on head (along occipital carina, around antennal sockets), dorsum of pronotum (Fig. 23 B), short white appressed setae along anterior margin of mesoscutum; black setae on ventral side of pronotum and on the rest of the body, T 2 – T 6 with apical row of black setae. Wings dark brown / black with bleu iridescence. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 3). L: 14.9 – 19.3 (mean = 17.1); CR: 1.07 – 1.24 (mean = 1.18); OOR: 1.50 – 1.55 (mean = 1.52); CLR: 0.40 – 0.64 (mean = 0.55); MER: 1.14 – 1.25 (mean = 1.18); OMR: 1.10 – 1.17 (mean = 1.13); FRR: 2.17 – 2.35 (mean = 2.26); MSR: 0.78 – 0.89 (mean = 0.84); TER: 1.64 – 1.84 (mean = 1.72). HEAD. Disc of clypeus impunctate, lateral sides with sparse punctures (Fig. 17 B); large and dense punctures on frontal spatium (distance between punctures less that their diameter) (Fig. 17 B); moderately punctate on frons and vertex, punctures becoming denser towards posterior margin of vertex (Fig. 21 B); frontal spatium moderately well-defined posteriorly; frontal fissura absent; anterior ocelli in a deep pit, ocellar triangle raised (Fig. 17 B). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum with dense but very shallow setae-bearing punctures; mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum uniformly moderately punctate (many punctures separated by about their diameter (Figs 25 B, 29 B); dorsum of propodeum mostly densely punctate (Fig. 29 B). Lateral panel of mesosoma with punctation mostly obscured by dense appressed pile (Fig. 9 B); mesopleuron mostly densely punctate; metapleuron and lateral panel of propodeum largely impunctate, upper and lower panels of metapleuron separated by sharp transverse carina. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 B). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 B). METASOMA. Metasoma with very weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33 B); tergites moderately but shallowly punctate (Figs 33 B, 37 B). T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 B). WINGS. Same as female, but fore wing with dense short setae on the anterior half COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black with following areas yellow: base of mandible; broadly along lateral margin of clypeus (Fig. 17 B); anterior margin of pronotal lobe (Fig. 25 B), a small spot on pronotal callosity (Fig. 9 B); a small line on fore femur, the apical dorsal side of mid femur and a small thin line on hind femur, the whole dorsal surface of fore and mid tibiae, dorsal side of fore basitarsus (Fig. 9 B); more or less broad apical bands on T 1 – T 5 (Figs 13 B, 37 B), bands reduced to small triangle on S 2 and S 3 (Figs 9 B, 33 B). Vestiture yellowish white except black on metasomal segments 6 and 7 (Fig. 9 B). Wings lightly infumated. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere with sparse setae mainly located on margin (Fig. 40 B), dorsal side with denser setae on all its surface (Fig. 39 B); volsella with a few long setae mainly on its exterior margin (Fig. 40 B), cuspis volsellaris with dense long setae on entire surface (Figs 40 B, 41 B, 42 B); volsella with a few sensory cones basally on its external margin (Fig. 42 B) and a wide lamella on inner margins (Fig. 39 B). External margin of paramere not angled medially, flattened / subrounded apically (Fig. 40 B); aedeagus with eight teeth, serrated margin broadly convex.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744BFF986DABFEC0FC43FAC6.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1 A – B) China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, * Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Yunan); Bhutan; Sri Lanka; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand. [Krombein 1978; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; TIGER project 2008; Nidup et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744BFF986DABFEC0FC43FAC6.taxon	discussion	Notes The male specimens from TLFES bear no labels and cannot be ascertained to come from Hong Kong (although more than likely in view of the history / mission of the insect collection at TLFES). Campsomeriella collaris is a widely distributed species that has been divided between five subspecies (Gupta & Jonathan 2003) with C. c. quadrifasciata (Fabricius 1798) being the subspecies previously recorded from southeast China (Betrem 1941). This subspecies has been distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies of India and Sri Lanka by the presence of fulvous reddish vestiture on the anterior part of the body in the female and the absence of yellow maculations on the mesosoma in the male (Gupta & Jonathan 2003). Male specimens examined in this study conform to C. c. quadrifasciata but females, with white vestiture on the anterior part of the body, resemble the nominotypical subspecies. Without being able to resolve this discrepancy, we avoid the use of subspecies herein. One of the females of this study bear phoretic mites (Fig. 27 B).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF986E29FAE2FA8AF98C.taxon	type_taxon	(type species Tiphia grossa Fabricius, 1804, by original designation).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF9E6E8DF9BBFCD1FE54.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – B, 9 C, 13 C, 17 C, 21 C, 25 C, 29 C, 33 C, 37 C, 39 C, 40 C, 41 C, 42 C	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF9E6E8DF9BBFCD1FE54.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This species can be readily differentiated with other Campsomerini in its possession of long, coarse hairs recumbent over most of the metasoma, and by its distinctive colour pattern with the metasomal tergites iridescent and the apical bands fading medially and the presence of conspicuous yellow spots on the scutellum.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF9E6E8DF9BBFCD1FE54.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 12 Apr. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0109. A. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF9E6E8DF9BBFCD1FE54.taxon	description	Description Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). Genitalia were dissected and total length not acquired; CR: 1.09; OOR: 1.69; CLR: 0.65; MER: 1.28; OMR: 1.03; FRR: 2.20; MSR: 0.83; TER: 1.44. HEAD. Head with clypeus largely impunctate except with some punctures along the lateral margins (Fig. 17 C); frontal spatium mostly densely punctate, becoming impunctate dorsally; frons moderately punctate laterally, sparsely punctate around frontal fissura; vertex sparsely punctate, a few punctures separated by distance 2 – 3 × their own diameter (Figs 17 C, 21 C); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly; frontal fissura present between anterior of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus (Fig. 21 C). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum with punctures separated by distance 3 – 4 × their own diameter (Fig. 25 C), punctures on mesoscutum more widely spaced posteromedially, scutellum with broad impunctate band near posterior margin (Fig. 25 C), posterior margin of metanotum slightly raised medially; dorsum of propodeum densely punctate, punctures on dorsolateral area subcontiguous (Fig. 29 C). Lateral panels of mesosoma with punctation mostly obscured by dense appressed pile; mesopleuron moderately punctate medially; metapleuron largely impunctate; lateral panel of propodeum moderately punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 C). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 C). METASOMA. Metasoma with moderately strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; tergites moderately and uniformly punctate, punctures becoming denser on apical tergites (Figs 33 C, 37 C). T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 C). WINGS. Fore wings with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins, the second recurrent vein reaching the submarginal cell. Fore wings with dense short setae on most of the anterior half. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Fig. 9 C) except antennal flagellum reddish, base of mandible yellow, clypeus yellow except for small anteromedian black patch, scrobe yellow; dorsum of pronotum and margin of pronotal lobe, tegula, and lateral spots on scutellum yellow (Fig. 25 C) (minute yellow mark also present at apex of metanotum); pronotal callosity yellow (Fig. 9 C); legs with anterior panels of coxae yellow, ventral yellow lines on all femora (those on fore femur present on distal half only), dorsal yellow line on distal half of fore femur, and dorsal yellow lines on fore and mid tibiae; metasoma with broad apical yellow bands on T 1 – T 4 (Figs 39 C, 33 C, 37 C), those on T 3 and T 4 broadly interrupted medially (Fig. 37 C), and medially interrupted apical yellow bands on S 2 – S 4. Vestiture mostly yellow to whitish except mostly black on metasomal segments 5 – 7, with interspersed yellow and black hairs present on T 5 and T 6; vestiture on metasoma mostly noticeably long and decumbent (Fig. 37 C). Wings yellowish with slight infumation anteriorly. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere with sparse setae mainly located on margin (Fig. 40 C), dorsal side dense setae on all its surface (Fig. 39 C); volsella uniformly covered in shorter setae (Fig. 40 C), cuspis volsellaris with dense long setae on entire surface (Figs 40 C, 41 C, 42 C); volsella with a few sensory cones medially on its external margin (Fig. 42 C) and a wide lamella on its inner margin (Fig. 39 C). External margin of paramere weakly angled medially, rounded apically (Fig. 40 C); aedeagus with 11 teeth, serrated margin substraight, convex basally (Fig. 42 C).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7449FF9E6E8DF9BBFCD1FE54.taxon	discussion	Notes A single male specimen collected at Pak Sha O cannot be identified as any previously known species of Scoliidae. However, with no associated female and considering the difficulty in identifying isolated males of Campsomerini, we refrain; for now, from formally designating it as a new species. This individual can be distinguished from other scoliids by its remarkable vestiture, long and thick even by the standards of Scoliidae. The genital morphology is close to that of Megacampsomeris prismatica, with the parameres similar in overall shape but apically broader. The specimen keys to Megacampsomeris farrenwhitei (Betrem, 1928) in Liu et al. (2021 a) but differs from the male illustrated therein in the presence of conspicuous yellow spots on the scutellum and the elongate metasomal vestiture. Betrem’s (1928, 1941) descriptions of M. farrenwhitei are of the female only.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744FFF9C6DC9FE70FCE5FEEE.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – B, 7 C, 9 D, 11 C, 13 D, 15 C, 17 D, 19 C, 21 D, 23 C, 25 D, 27 C, 29 D, 31 C, 33 D, 35 C, 37 D, 39 D, 40 D, 41 D, 42 D	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744FFF9C6DC9FE70FCE5FEEE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E; alt. 60 m; 18 Oct. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0721. A. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 – 26 Sep. 2020; Malaise trap, ref.: M 515. C. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744FFF9C6DC9FE70FCE5FEEE.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). L: 17.1 mm; CR: 1.15; OOR: 0.57; CLR: 0.47; MER: 1.21; OMR: 0.96; FRR: 1.86; MSR: 0.76; TER: 1.54. HEAD. Head densely punctate near lateral margins of clypeus, on frontal spatium and lower part of frons including ocular sinuses (Fig. 15 C), impunctate in front of median ocellus, a row of large puncture in an arc behind lateral ocelli, median dorsal area of vertex impunctate, lateral and declivous area of vertex heavily punctate (Fig. 19 C). MESOSOMA. Mesoscutum, with large punctures laterally and on frontal half (diameter of punctures larger than distance between them) and a large rectangular impunctate area in the centre (Fig. 23 C); scutellum with a large impunctate area centrally, punctate laterally (Fig. 27 C); metanotum punctate medially, impunctate laterally; dorsomedian area of propodeum heavily punctate (diameter of punctures larger than distance between them) (Fig. 27 C). Mesopleuron and metapleuron minutely punctate on all surfaces (punctures so small that surfaces seem smooth); metapleuron with evanescent carina separating upper and lower panels. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 C). Dorsomedian area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 C). METASOMA. Metasoma with no division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; tergites broadly punctate, denser punctures apically (Figs 31 C, 35 C); T 2 with basal elevation (gradulus) distinct (Fig. 35 C). WINGS. Fore wings with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins, the second recurrent vein reaching the submarginal cell. Fore wing with a few short setae in the anterior part of the first submarginal cell. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument entirely black (Fig. 7 C), expect tegulae dark yellow (Fig. 23 C) and T 1 and T 2 with evanescent yellow maculae on lateroapical sides (Fig. 35 C). Vestiture light yellow / orange, densely erect on dorsum of pronotum, posterior side of vertex and frons, long erect yellow / orange setae on lateral sides of mesoscutum and median surface of metanotum, vestiture black on T 5 and T 6 (Fig. 7 C). Wings mostly yellowish, with no maculae apically on fore wing, first marginal cell of fore wing bearing minute setae distally. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). Genitalia were dissected and total length not acquired; CR = 1.13; OOR = 2.0; CLR: 0.64; MER: 1.40; OMR: 1.0; FRR: 1.52; MSR: 0.79; TER: 1.42. HEAD. Head with clypeus impunctate on the medial basal part, bearing large spaced punctures above and near lateral margins, clypeus with long sparse pale setae (Fig. 17 D); frontal spatium densely punctate, punctures separated by less than their diameter; frons moderately punctate, punctures separated by more than their diameter, impunctate on the area between hind ocelli and eyes (Fig. 21 D); vertex heavily punctate, punctures separated by less than their diameter (Fig. 21 D); frontal spatium well defined; frontal fissura absent. MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum and mesoscutum bearing numerous small punctures separated by more than their diameter (Fig. 25 D), becoming less dense posteriorly on mesoscutum; scutellum moderately punctate, becoming less dense posteriorly and towards lateral margins (Fig. 25 D); metanotum with dense punctures (Fig. 29 D); posterior margin of metanotum slightly raised medially (Fig. 25 D); propodeum dorsomedian and dorsolateral areas densely punctate, punctures separated by less than their own diameter (Fig. 29 D). Lateral panels of mesosoma, including mesopleuron and metapleuron with punctures mostly obscured by dense appressed pile. Scutellum and metanotum with evanescent median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 D). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 D). METASOMA. Tergites moderately and uniformly punctate (Figs 33 D, 37 D). S 1 with large punctures, except V-shaped area posteriorly. T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 D). WINGS. Same as female but, fore wing with numerous short setae in the anterior half COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black except the following yellow (Figs 9 D, 13 D): clypeus, basal part of scape, base of mandibles (Fig. 17 D), scapulae, anterior part of tegula, small spots on posteriolateral area of mesoscutum and scutellum (Fig. 25 D); anterior panels of coxae of fore legs, ventral part of fore, mid and hind femurs, ventral part of fore and mid tibiae; metasoma with broad apical yellow bands on T 1 – T 4 (Figs 33 D, 37 D), and medially interrupted apical yellow bands on S 2 – S 4 (Fig. 33 D). Vestiture pale yellow on entire body except black on metasomal segments 5 – 7 (Fig. 9 D); vestiture on metasoma mostly noticeably long and decumbent (Fig. 37 D). Wings yellowish. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere bearing a few setae on inner margin (Fig. 40 D), dorsal side with dense long setae on most of its surface (Fig. 39 D); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with dense setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 D, 42 D); volsella bearing numerous sensory cones on its external margin (Fig. 42 D) and a lamella on its inner margin (Fig. 39 D). External margin of paramere moderately angled medially and subrounded apically, serrated margin substraight, convex basally (Fig. 42 D).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744FFF9C6DC9FE70FCE5FEEE.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1 A – B) China (Anhui, Fujian, * Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang). [Betrem 1928, 1941; Wang 1992; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744FFF9C6DC9FE70FCE5FEEE.taxon	discussion	Notes This taxon was omitted from Osten’s (2005) list. It differs from the nominotypical subspecies in the metasomal vestiture which is uniformly reddish brown in Megacampsomeris formosensis formosensis Betrem, 1928 (Betrem 1941). Liu et al. (2021 b) also noted potential differences between the subspecies in the relative lengths of the hind tarsomeres and in the pilosity of the spiracular angles, but felt that further research on their distinction was required.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744DFF9D6E15FE1BFEC6F8E8.taxon	description	Figs 1 A – B, 9 E, 13 E, 17 E, 21 E, 25 E, 29 E, 33 E, 37 E, 39 E, 40 E, 41 E, 42 E	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744DFF9D6E15FE1BFEC6F8E8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Tai Tam; 22 ° 14 ′ 45 ″ N, 114 ° 13 ′ 23 ″ E; 28 Jun. – 12 Jul. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♂; New Territories; May – Jul. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♂; Tai Tam; 29 Mar. 1998; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: X 046. Z. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Jul. – 10 Aug. 2019; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 429. C. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 19 – 26 Apr. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 011. C. Hy. 31; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21 – 26 Jun. 2006; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap ref.: M 044. C. Hy. 12; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Aug. – 3 Sep. 2011; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap ref.: M 097. C. Hy. 4; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 10 – 24 Aug. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap ref.: M 432. C. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744DFF9D6E15FE1BFEC6F8E8.taxon	description	Description Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 9). L: 13.02 – 19.4 mm (mean = 15.72 mm); CR: 1.08 – 1.18 (mean = 1.13); OOR: 1.53 – 2.08 (mean = 1.71); CLR: 0.66 – 0.78 (mean = 0.71); MER: 1.17 – 1.33 (mean = 1.21); OMR: 0.99 – 1.06 (mean = 1.04); FRR: 1.63 – 1.92 (mean = 1.78); MSR: 0.67 – 0.83 (mean = 0.78); TER: 1.46 – 1.71 (mean = 1.59). HEAD. Head mostly densely punctate except clypeus impunctate medially and anteriorly (Fig. 17 E); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly; front fissura present between posterior margin of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus. MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum densely punctate (Fig. 25 E); mesoscutum and scutellum mostly moderately punctate (Fig. 25 E); metanotum and dorsomedian area of propodeum densely punctate (Fig. 29 E). Lateral panels of mesosoma with punctation largely obscured by dense, appressed pile; mesopleuron moderately punctate medially; upper panel of metapleuron impunctate; lower panel of metapleuron and lateral panel of propodeum moderately punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 E). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 E). METASOMA. Metasoma with moderately strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33 E); tergites uniformly and moderately punctate (Figs 33 E, 37 E), punctures becoming denser on apical tergites. T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 E). WINGS. Fore wings with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Anterior half of fore wings with numerous short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Figs 9 E, 13 E) with antennal flagellum ventrally more or less reddish, base of mandible yellow, clypeus yellow laterally and basally, scrobe sometimes with yellow mark ventrally (Fig. 17 E); dorsum of pronotum and tegula yellow (Fig. 25 E), scapula sometimes in part black, lateral yellow spots sometimes present on scutellum; pronotal callosity more or less yellow; legs with anterior plate of fore coxa yellow, ventral yellow stripes on all femora and dorsally on fore and mid tibiae; metasoma with narrow, transverse yellow bands on apical margins of T 1 – T 4 (band on T 4 may be interrupted medially) (Figs 33 E, 37 E) and shortly and laterally on apical margins of S 2 and S 3 (triangular apicolateral yellow spot may also be present on S 4). Vestiture golden yellow on head and mesosoma (Fig. 9 E), yellow to whitish on metasomal segments 1 – 4 (Fig. 37 E), black on metasomal segments 5 – 7. Wings yellow, may be slightly infumated apically. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere mostly glabrous, a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 40 E), dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Figs 39 E, 41 E); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with dense setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 E, 42 E); volsella bearing dense sensory cones on most of its external margin (Fig. 42 E) and lamella on its inner margin (Fig. 39 E). External margin of paramere moderately angled medially, rounded apically (Figs 39 E, 40 E); aedeagus with 10 teeth, the first apical tooth much reduced, serrated margin with shallow convex curvature (Fig. 42 E).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744DFF9D6E15FE1BFEC6F8E8.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1 A – B) China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Henan, * Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Taiwan, Zhejiang,); Japan (Kagoshima, Tokyo, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Russia (Amur) (?); Indonesia (Java, Lombok, Sulawesi, Sumatra); Malaysia (Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Sarawak); India (Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand [Kausani], Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Odisha, Nagaland, Delhi); Nepal; Korea (Jeju); Myanmar (Tenasserim); Philippines. [Bingham 1897; Betrem 1928, 1941; Uchida 1934; Baltazar 1966; Wang 1992; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Kumar & Kazmi 2008, Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA744DFF9D6E15FE1BFEC6F8E8.taxon	discussion	Notes Osten (2005) lists “ Elis iris Magretti, 1892 ” as a synonym of Megacampsomeris prismatica. Magretti (1892) usage of this name is for a redescription of Colpa iris Lepeletier, 1845 and is not an available name. Osten (2005) lists two subspecies of Megacampsomeris prismatica, the nominotypical subspecies and M. p. shibatai Uchida 1934 (NB. Despite Uchida’s [1934] usage of the notation “ f. ” in association with shibatai, it may be considered an available name as Uchida consistently used this notation for all subspecific forms – ICZN Art. 45.6.4). Betrem (1941) distinguished these two forms by the more reddish coloration of the vestiture in the latter but regarded them as overlapping in distribution. Until the relationship between these forms is better established, we refrain from using subspecific names for this species. The record of this species by Betrem (1928 and 1941) in the Amur region of Far East Russia is somewhat dubious.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF826DD5FE83FEB1FD68.taxon	discussion	Notes Bradley (1964 b) listed the name “ Phaleromeris ” as a subgenus for Campsomeris annulata (now Campsomeriella annulata). No description was provided, making the name a nomen nudum, and Bradley noted that one would appear in a forthcoming paper by Betrem. Subsequently, Betrem (in Bradley & Betrem 1967) described the subgenus Phalerimeris with Elis phalerata de Saussure, 1858 designated as type species. Argaman (1996) incorrectly regarded Phaleromeris as available from Bradley (1964 b), with Phalerimeris as a subsequent spelling variation, and proposed the unnecessary name Batalanga for E. phalerata.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF816DDCFC9FFAF3FD92.taxon	description	Figs 2 A – B, 7 D, 9 F, 11 D, 13 F, 15 D, 17 F, 19 D, 21 F, 23 D, 25 F, 27 D, 29 F, 31 D, 33 F, 35 D, 37 F, 39 F, 40 F, 41 F, 42 F	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF816DDCFC9FFAF3FD92.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Tai Lung Farm; 21 Sep. 1981; hand net; TLFES • 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; TLFES • 1 ♂; Sha Tau Kok (Hoi Pui Leng); 22 ° 31 ′ 47 ″ N, 114 ° 12 ′ 28 ″ E; 10 – 24 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♀; Tsim Bei Tsui (Sha Kiu Tsuen); 22 ° 29 ′ 21 ″ N, 113 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 14 – 28 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♀; Sheung Pak Nai; 22 ° 27 ′ 07 ″ N, 113 ° 57 ′ 45 ″ E; 14 – 28 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♀; Sheung Pak Nai; 22 ° 27 ′ 05 ″ N, 113 ° 57 ′ 44 ″ E; 28 May – 11 Jun. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♂; Tung Chung; 22 ° 16 ′ 55 ″ N, 113 ° 55 ′ 43 ″ E; 29 May – 12 Jun. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♀; Hang Mei; 22 ° 15 ′ 11 ″ N, 113 ° 52 ′ 08 ″ E; 9 – 23 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♀; Hang Mei; 22 ° 15 ′ 07 ″ N, 113 ° 52 ′ 06 ″ E; 23 May – 6 Jun. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 2 ♂♂; To Kwa Peng; 22 ° 25 ′ 45 ″ N, 114 ° 20 ′ 00 ″ E; 8 – 25 May 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♂; Yim Tin Tsai; 22 ° 22 ′ 31 ″ N, 114 ° 18 ′ 02 ″ E; 1 – 15 Jun. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 3 ♂♂; New Territories; May – Jul. 2018; HKBM • 2 ♂♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 27 Sep. – 4 Oct. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 024. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 12 – 27 Nov. 2008; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref: M 056. C. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 – 31 May 2009; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 062. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♂; Lin Tong Mei; 22 ° 28 ′ 56 ″ N, 114 ° 06 ′ 37 ″ E; alt. 15 m; 23 Jul. 2006; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0226. L. Hy. 5; CBC • 1 ♂; Ping Shan Chai; 22 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ N, 114 ° 11 ′ 06 ″ E; alt. 140 m; 18 Nov. – 30 Dec. 2017; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 323. D. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♂; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E;, alt. 60 m; 26 May – 7 Jun. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 349. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Jul. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0660. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♀; Tai Tam; 29 Mar. 1998; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: X 045. Z. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 15 Sep. – 1 Oct. 2008; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 053. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Mar. – 3 Apr. 2011; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 088. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 8 – 21 Jul. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 352. C. Hy. 11; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Apr. 2010; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0389. A. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, 0669. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♂; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E; alt. 60 m; 14 Mar. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: 0711. A. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF816DDCFC9FFAF3FD92.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 8). L: 13.9 – 20.5 mm (mean = 16.97 mm); CR: 1.13 – 1.21 (mean = 1.16); OOR: 0.55 – 0.65 (mean = 0.62); CLR: 0.40 – 0.47 (mean = 0.43); MER: 0.97 – 1.35 (mean = 1.17); OMR: 1.05 – 1.10 (mean = 1.08); FRR: 1.84 – 1.95 (mean = 1.90); MSR: 0.75 – 0.79 (mean = 0.77); TER: 1.81 – 2.04 (mean = 1.89). HEAD. Head with clypeus broadly impunctate medially (Fig. 15 D), densely punctate laterally; frontal spatium and scrobe mostly densely punctate (Fig. 15 D), frontal spatium with narrow impunctate band medially; frons mostly sparsely punctate with narrow curved band of dense punctures in front of anterior ocellus (Fig. 19 D) and densely punctate lateral band alongside eye; vertex moderately punctate (Fig. 19 D); frontal spatium not well defined posteriorly; frontal fissura visible on frontal spatium only. MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma in large part densely and subcontiguously punctate (Fig. 23 D), scutellum and metanotum with large punctures (Fig. 27 D). Mesopleuron densely punctate medially along sharp mesopleural crest, broadly impunctate anteriorly and posteriorly; metapleuron largely impunctate with sparse small punctures on lower panel; lateral panel of propodeum moderately but shallowly punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 D). Dorsomedian area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 D). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak transition between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; T 1 – T 3 uniformly and moderately punctate (Figs 31 D, 35 D); T 4 – T 6 densely punctate. T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 35 D). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Fore wing with short setae in the first submarginal cell. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Figs 7 D, 11 D) except mandibles reddish; legs with tibiae and tarsi reddish; metasoma with narrow apical yellow bands on T 1 – T 3 (that on T 3 may be narrowly interrupted medially) (Fig. 35 D) and triangular apicolateral yellow spot on S 2 and sometimes S 3 (Fig. 31 D). Vestiture mostly golden except black on metasomal segments 5 and 6 (Figs 7 D, 11 D). Wings yellowish with distinct infumated subapical spot near anterior margin of fore wing. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 10). L: 9.8 – 15 mm (mean = 13.1 mm); CR: 0.94 – 1.19 (mean = 1.09); OOR: 1.46 – 1.67 (mean = 1.52); CLR: 0.50 – 0.68 (mean = 0.61); MER: 1.11 – 1.47 (mean = 1.25); OMR: 0.94 – 1.12 (mean = 1.04); FRR: 1.46 – 1.94 (mean = 1.76); MSR: 0.68 – 0.86 (mean = 0.79); TER: 1.30 – 1.91 (mean = 1.54). HEAD. Head largely sparsely punctate to impunctate except densely punctate on frontal spatium and sparsely on lateral sides of clypeus (Figs 17 F, 21 F); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly; frontal fissura obsolete (Fig. 17 F). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum densely but very shallowly punctate (Fig. 25 F); mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum mostly moderately punctate with sparsely punctate discal area on mesoscutum and triangular impunctate area posteriorly on scutellum (Fig. 25 F); propodeum with dorsomedian area densely but shallowly punctate, dorsolateral area anteriorly impunctate and posteriorly densely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 29 F). Lateral panels of mesosoma with punctation largely obscured by dense appressed pile; mesopleuron medially densely punctate, anteriorly and posteriorly broadly impunctate; metapleuron largely impunctate except with some effaced punctures anteroventrally; lateral panel of propodeum moderately but shallowly punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 F). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 F). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 (Fig. 33 F); tergites moderately but shallowly punctate (Figs 33 F, 37 F). T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 F). WINGS. Same as female, but fore wing with numerous short setae on anterior half. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Figs 9 F, 13 F); base of mandible yellow; clypeus and scrobe yellow with more or less triangular or teardrop-shaped median black spot on clypeus (Fig. 17 F); gena partially yellow (Fig. 9 F); dorsum of pronotum and tegula yellow (Fig. 25 F); paired yellow spots present at posterolateral corner of mesoscutum and on scutellum (scutellar spots may be coalesced medially) (Figs 13 F, 25 F); medial yellow spot on metanotum; pronotal callosity yellow; legs with anterior face of fore coxa yellow, ventral yellow stripes on all femora, and dorsal yellow stripe on fore and mid tibiae; metasoma with apical yellow bands on T 1 – T 4 (Figs 13 F, 33 F, 37 F) and S 1 – S 4 or S 2 – S 4 (Fig. 33 F), those on S 2 – S 4 may be medially interrupted. Vestiture mostly whitish, black on metasomal segments 5 – 7. Wings lightly and evenly infumated. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere with long setae on lateral side (Fig. 40 F), dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Figs 39 F, 41 F); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 F, 42 F); volsella bearing a few sensory cones on medial external margin (Fig. 42 F) and a narrow lamella on its inner margin (Fig. 39 F). External margin of paramere uniformly rounded, moderately acute apically (Figs 39 F, 40 F) and swollen medioapically (Fig. 41 F); aedeagus serrated margin with shallow convex curvature.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF816DDCFC9FFAF3FD92.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 2 A – B) China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan); Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi); Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Selangor); Thailand; Nepal; India (Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tripura); Bhutan; Myanmar (Tenasserim). [de Saussure 1858; Bingham 1897; Betrem 1928, 1941; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Kumar & Pham 2015; Nidup et al. 2017; TIGER project 2008; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7453FF816DDCFC9FFAF3FD92.taxon	discussion	Notes Osten (2005) lists “ Elis iris de Saussure & Sichel, 1864 ” as a synonym of Phalerimeris phalerata; de Saussure & Sichel’s (1864) usage of this name is for a redescription of Colpa iris Lepeletier, 1845 and is not an available name. This is the most commonly collected scoliid species in the Hong Kong SAR. Females may readily be distinguished from other scoliids by the dark subapical spot on the wings, and males by the distinct yellow stripe on the gena. In Hong Kong, individuals are seen on the wing for most of the year, however, during the few weeks of relatively “ cold ” weather; between December and February, individuals retreat and it has been observed that females seek shelter underground, burrowing themselves at about 25 cm depth in sandy agricultural soils. The same soils contained numerous larvae of Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (white grubs).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7450FF866DBDFD68FEBDFAA5.taxon	description	Figs 2 A – B, 9 G, 13 G, 17 G, 21 G, 25 G, 29 G, 33 G, 37 G, 39 G, 40 G, 41 G, 42 G	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7450FF866DBDFD68FEBDFAA5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; 70 m; 7 – 13 Jun. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 018. C. Hy. 17; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7450FF866DBDFD68FEBDFAA5.taxon	description	Description Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). Genitalia were dissected and total length not acquired; CR: 1.25; OOR: 1.67; CLR: 0.58; MER: 1.01; OMR: 0.95; FRR: 1.68; MSR: 0.82; TER: 1.65. HEAD. Head with clypeus broadly impunctate anteriorly and medially, densely punctate posteriorly (Fig. 17 G); frontal spatium densely and finely punctate (Fig. 17 G); frons moderately sparsely punctate, not distinctly impunctate in front of anterior ocellus, more densely punctate in ocellar sinuses; declivous part of vertex densely punctate (Fig. 21 G); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly (Fig. 17 G); frontal fissura present between anterior of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus; anterior ocellus distinctly larger than posterior ocelli and set in a shallow pit (Fig. 21 G). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum moderately densely punctate, punctures on mesoscutum becoming more widely separated medially, scutellum with narrow triangular impunctate region present posteriorly (Fig. 25 G); metanotum and dorsolateral and median areas of propodeum densely and finely punctate with narrow sparsely punctate to impunctate medial band through both (Fig. 29 G). Mesopleuron densely and finely punctate medially, broadly impunctate anteriorly and posteriorly; metapleuron largely impunctate; lateral panel of propodeum moderately but finely impunctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29 G). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29 G). METASOMA. Metasoma with distinct angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33 G); tergites uniformly and moderately punctate, punctures more widely spaced on disc of T 2 and T 3 (Figs 33 G, 37 G). T 2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37 G). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Fore wing with short setae mainly in the marginal and first submarginal cells. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Figs 9 G, 13 G), with scapula yellow; metasoma with broad yellow bands across apical margins of T 1 – T 5 (very faint yellowish band also visible on T 6), those of T 1, T 2 and T 5 occupying more than half tergite length (Figs 9 G, 33 G, 37 G); band on T 5 broadly interrupted medially, those on remaining tergites constricted medially and may be narrowly interrupted; lateral triangular yellow patches also present on S 2 – S 6 (Fig. 33 G). Vestiture on head, mesosoma and metasomal segments 1 – 5 mostly white with apical fringes of T 4 and T 5 partially black (Figs 9 G, 13 G), vestiture on T 6 black, that on T 7 and S 6 and S 7 interspersed pale (off-white or pale reddish) or black. Wings yellowish. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere mostly glabrous, a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 40 G), dorsal side with dense long setae on most of its surface (Fig. 39 G, 41 G); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 G, 42 G); volsella bearing a few sensory cones on basal margin (Fig. 42 G) and a narrow lamella on inner margin (Fig. 39 G). External margin of paramere moderately angled medially, rounded apically (Figs 39 G, 40 G); aedeagus with six teeth, the first apical teeth much reduced, serrated margin substraight, (Fig. 42 G).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7450FF866DBDFD68FEBDFAA5.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 2 A – B) Nepal; India (Meghalaya), * China (Hong Kong). [Gupta & Jonathan 1989].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7450FF866DBDFD68FEBDFAA5.taxon	discussion	Notes This species was not listed by Osten (2005). The identity of this specimen with Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata has been confirmed by comparison with a photograph of the holotype supplied by P. Girish Kumar (Zoological Survey of India). This species has previously been recorded in northeastern India (Meghalaya State) and Nepal, and its collection in Hong Kong represents a significant increase in range. In its bright yellow rather than reddish-yellow maculations and overall robust habitus, S. flavomaculata is readily distinguished from other Sericocampsomeris species known from China (Liu et al. 2021 a, 2021 b). Unfortunately, the female of this species remains unknown. Sericocampsomeris has been included in our key based on females of other species of the genus but the provided details require confirmation.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7457FF846E40F9BBFBE9FE1F.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – B, 7 E, 11 E, 15 E, 19 E, 23 E, 27 E, 31 E, 35 E	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7457FF846E40F9BBFBE9FE1F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Kwan Tei; 22 ° 30 ′ 40 ″ N, 114 ° 09 ′ 33 ″ E; alt. 15 m; 24 Aug. 2007; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0279. U. Hy. 4; CBC • 1 ♀; Mai Po Nature Reserve; 22 ° 29 ′ 11 ″ N, 114 ° 02 ′ 14 ″ E; alt. 1 m; 20 Sep. – 18 Oct. 2014; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: MPNR-M 025. G. Hy. 8; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7457FF846E40F9BBFBE9FE1F.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 2). L: 22.7 – 22.9 mm (mean = 22.80 mm); CR: 1.06 – 1.07 (mean = 1.06); OOR: 0.75 – 0.76 (mean = 0.76); CLR: 0.48; MER: 1.39 – 1.40 (mean = 1.39); OMR: 1.04 – 1.05 (mean = 1.04); FRR: 1.76 – 1.88 (mean = 1.82); MSR: 0.79 – 0.83 (mean = 0.81); TER: 1.53 – 1.73 (mean = 1.63). HEAD. Head mostly sparsely punctate except for frontal spatium, along a transverse furrow running between eyes behind posterior ocelli, and on declivous portion of vertex (Figs 15 E, 19 E); frontal spatium not defined posteriorly, frontal fissura present on frontal spatium only (Fig. 15 E). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma mostly densely and strongly punctate except for posteromedially on mesoscutum and anteriorly on dorsolateral panel of pronotum (Fig. 23 E). Mesopleuron densely punctate except near anterior margin and posteriorly; upper panel of metapleuron densely punctate dorsally, impunctate ventrally; lower panel of metapleuron mostly densely punctate; lateral panel of propodeum densely punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 E). Dorsomedian area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 E). METASOMA. Metasoma with strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view; tergites mostly densely punctate, becoming more so posterolaterally (Figs 31 E, 35 E). T 1 with small tubercule at angle between anterior and dorsal faces (Fig. 35 E) T 2 with basal elevation weekly developed (gradulus) (Fig. 35 E). WINGS. Fore wing with three submarginal cells and one recurrent vein, first submarginal cells with numerous short setae COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head, including antennae, entirely red except mandible with black margins (Fig. 15 E), labium and maxilla red; remainder of body black (Figs 7 E, 11 E). Vestiture red on head (Fig. 15 E), black on mesosoma and metasoma (Figs 27 E, 31 E). Wings dark brown with bronze reflections.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7457FF846E40F9BBFBE9FE1F.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 4 A – B) China (Anhui, * Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan); Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Flores, Lombok, Sumatra, Sumba); Philippines (Luzon, Panay); Myanmar; Malaysia (Malaka); India (Karnataka, Manipur, Sikkim, West Bengal,), Vietnam. [Smith 1855; Bingham 1897; Betrem 1928, 1941; Baltazar 1966; Wang 1992; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7457FF846E40F9BBFBE9FE1F.taxon	discussion	Notes The male of this species closely resembles the female (Betrem 1941; Gupta & Jonathan 2003). Austroscolia ruficeps can readily be distinguished from other scoliids in Hong Kong by its distinctive coloration with an entirely red head but black mesosoma and metasoma.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7455FF856E24FDEEFC8EF82C.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – B, 7 F, 10 A, 11 F, 14 A, 15 F, 18 A, 19 F, 22 A, 23 F, 26 A, 27 F, 30 A, 31 F, 34 A, 35 F, 38 A, 39 H, 40 H, 41 H, 42 H	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7455FF856E24FDEEFC8EF82C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 6 – 20 Jun. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 494. C. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Aug. – 1 Sep. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 510. C. Hy. 1; CBC • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 – 26 Apr. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 011. C. Hy. 30 A and 30 B; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21 Sep. – 5 Oct. 2019; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 440. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 6 – 20 Jun. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, refs: M 494. C. Hy. 2 A and 2 B; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7455FF856E24FDEEFC8EF82C.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 2). L: 18.2 – 18.3 mm (mean = 18.25 mm); CR: 1.13 – 1.14 (mean = 1.14); OOR: 0.66 – 0.74 (mean = 0.70); CLR: 0.39 – 0.41 (mean = 0.40); MER: 1.25 – 1.28 (mean = 1.26); OMR: 1.02 – 1.03 (mean = 1.03); FRR: 1.61 – 1.69 (mean = 1.62); MSR: 0.78 – 0.80 (mean = 0.79); TER: 1.51 – 1.64 (mean = 1.58). HEAD. Head mostly punctured except on disc of clypeus (impunctate) (Figs 15 F, 19 F); frontal spatium not well defined dorsally; frontal furrow not well defined; frontal fissura present on anterior portion of frontal spatium only (Fig. 15 F). MESOSOMA. Scapulae, mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum and propodeum dorsomedian area densely and strongly punctate (Figs 22 A, 26 F), punctures separated by less than their own diameter; dorsolateral area of propodeum somewhat less densely punctate anteriorly (Fig. 27 F), puncture separate by at least their own diameter. Mesopleuron densely punctate medially, broadly impunctate posteriorly and anteriorly; upper panel of metapleuron densely punctate dorsally, impunctate ventrally; upper and lower panels of metapleuron with a few faint punctures; lateral panel of pronotum minutely punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 F). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 F). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 31 F); S 1 mostly impunctate (shiny) with only a few large punctures laterally, tergites mostly uniformly densely punctate, tergites with a less densely punctured area on the medial apical part (Figs 31 F, 35 F). T 2 with basal elevation weekly developed (gradulus) (Fig. 35 F). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Anterior half of fore wing with numerous short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head red / orange on frontal spatium, vertex except area between eyes, and scapulae (Figs 15 F, 19 F), remainder of body black. Vestiture black on entire body (Fig. 7 F), except on frontal spatium, clypeus and scapulae where it is pale orange (Fig. 15 F). Wings dark brown, infumated with faint iridescence. Male Identical to female, except for the presence of a conspicuous ridge (carina) on the frons below median ocellus, clypeus with punctures on disc and the short frontal fissura (Figs 18 A, 22 A). Ocellar sinuses entirely and most of interantennal space orange. STANDARD RATIOS (n = 5). L: 13.4 – 15.7 mm (mean = 14.3 mm); CR: 1.07 – 1.13 (mean = 1.09); OOR: 1.18 – 1.50 (mean = 1.37); CLR: 0.61 – 0.65 (mean = 0.63); MER: 1.25 – 1.35 (mean = 1.31); OMR: 0.87 – 0.95 (mean = 0.91); FRR: 1.71 – 1.92 (mean = 1.83); MSR: 0.76 – 0.83 (mean = 0.79); TER: 1.67 – 1.79 (mean = 1.72). GENITALIA. Ventral and dorsal side of paramere with sparse long setae (Figs 39 H, 40 H); volsella with long setae on its entire surface (Fig. 42 H), cuspis volsellaris densely setose. Volsella bearing a few sensory cones on its external margin, acutely rounded apically (Fig. 40 H); External margin of paramere strongly rounded medially, paramere broadened medially; aedeagus with 12 teeth, the last apical tooth very reduced, serrated margin substraight apically, sharply convex medially and substraight / concave basally (Fig. 42 H).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7455FF856E24FDEEFC8EF82C.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Fujian, * Hong Kong, Xizang, Yunnan); Japan; South Vietnam. [Betrem 1941; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7455FF856E24FDEEFC8EF82C.taxon	discussion	Notes Following its original description (Betrem 1928) as Scolia junnanensis, the name of this species has subsequently been spelt by Betrem (1941) and Liu et al. (2021 b) as ‘ yunnanensis ’. However, ICZN Art. 32 requires the original spelling be maintained. The spelling ‘ yunnanensis ’ cannot be regarded as a justified emendation under Article 32.5, as Betrem (1928) also spells the name of the species’ collection location as ‘ Jünnan’ (evidently intending the German reading of this spelling). Contra Liu et al. (2021 b), Betrem’s (1928) usage does not represent a nomen nudum as a full description is provided. Previous descriptions of this species (Betrem 1941; Liu et al. 2021 a) refer to yellow / orange markings on T 3 and sometimes T 4 that are absent in specimens from Hong Kong. Nevertheless, all other characters are identical to these earlier accounts. Betrem (1941) recognized two subspecies, C. j. junnanensis and C. j. tibetensis Betrem, 1941, distinguished on the basis of coloration. Specimens from Hong Kong are not attributable to either subspecies. However, in light of the extreme colour variability in Scoliidae and the absence of a systematic review of variation within C. junnanensis, we refrain from designating a new subspecies for the Hong Kong population. Carinoscolia junnanensis is the only representative of this small genus in Hong Kong; with eight species worldwide.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF8A6E31FE83FCC8FCD0.taxon	discussion	Notes De Saussure & Sichel (1864) established Triliacos as a subgenus of Liacos including three species, without explicitly citing a type species. However, they did note that Triliacos represented “ Liacos proprie dicta ” and included the type species of Liacos therein (as a synonym of L. analis). Triliacos may therefore be regarded as a nomen novum for Liacos, meaning that it automatically has the same type species (ICZN Art. 67.8). Betrem (1928) thought a type species had not been established for Triliacos but also designated Scolia dimidiata. Argaman’s (1996) designation of Scolia erythrosoma Burmeister, 1854 as type species of Triliacos seems unwarranted.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF886E35FCF5FD6CF9DD.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – B, 5 C – D, 7 G, 10 B, 11 G, 14 B, 15 G, 18 B, 19 G, 22 B, 23 G, 26 B, 27 G, 30 B, 31 G, 34 B, 35 G, 38 B, 39 I, 40 I, 41 I, 42 I	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF886E35FCF5FD6CF9DD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 6 Aug. – 5 Sep. 2009; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 065. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♀; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E; 60 m; 18 Aug. – 1 Sep. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 362. C. Hy. 11; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1 – 15 Sep. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 365. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 21 May 2009; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0338. C. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0669. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♂; Sha Lo Tong; 22 ° 28 ′ 54 ″ N, 114 ° 10 ′ 49 ″ E; alt. 160 m; 31 Jun. 2017; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0635. B. Hy. 3; CBC • 3 ♂♂; Tai Lung Farm; TLFES.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF886E35FCF5FD6CF9DD.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 3). L: 17.7 – 22.1 mm (mean = 20.06 mm); CR: 1.13 – 1.29 (mean = 1.20); OOR: 0.62 – 0.71 (mean = 0.67); CLR: 0.41 – 0.42 (mean = 0.41); MER: 1.20 – 1.41 (mean = 1.31); OMR: 1.03 – 1.15 (mean = 1.10); FRR: 1.52 – 1.59 (mean = 1.55); MSR: 0.69 – 0.75 (mean = 0.75); TER: 1.53 – 1.81 (mean = 1.63). HEAD. Head mostly sparsely punctate with denser punctation on frontal lamina and scrobe (Fig. 15 G); frontal spatium well defined by posterior furrow, frontal fissura distinct between anterior of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus (Fig. 15 G). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma with scapulae, anterior of mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum and dorsomedian area of propodeum densely punctate (Fig. 23 G); disc of mesoscutum sparsely punctate to largely impunctate (Fig. 23 G); dorsolateral area of propodeum anteriorly impunctate, posteriorly densely punctate (Fig. 27 G). Mesopleuron mostly densely punctate except near anterior and posterior margins, becoming less so around mesopleural crest; upper plate of metapleuron densely punctate near upper margin, otherwise impunctate; lower plate of metapleuron densely punctate anteroventrally, becoming impunctate near upper and posterior margins; lateral panel of propodeum densely and sub contiguously punctate above lateral carina, otherwise sparsely and minutely punctate. Scutellum with median longitudinal groove, metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 G). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 G). METASOMA. Metasoma with strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 31 G); tergites becoming more densely punctate posteriorly than anteriorly (Fig. 35 G). T 2 with basal elevation distinct (gradulus) (Fig. 35 G). WINGS. Fore wing with three submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein merging with first before reaching submarginal cells. Fore wing galbrous except along the costal vein being dense setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head and mesosoma black (Figs 7 G, 11 G); metasoma with T 1 varying from entirely black to red with transverse black apical band, T 2 red anteriorly with varying amounts of black posteriorly and laterally, remaining tergites red (Figs 11 G, 23 G); S 1 black, remaining sternites more or less red with varying amounts of median black patches, particularly on S 2 (Figs 7 G, 31 G). Vestiture black on head, mesosoma and basal segments of metasoma (apical fringes of segment 2 may be red) (Figs 7 G, 11 G, 23 G, 35 G), red on apical segments of metasoma (black vestiture may be present on black patches of integument). Wings dark brown with purple reflections. Male Male as female, except head somewhat more punctate, particularly densely on frontal spatium; more or less distinct transverse carina running between ocular sinuses behind posterior margin of frontal spatium (Fig. 18 B). Disc of mesoscutum sparsely but strongly punctate (Fig. 26 B). Occiput bearing short, dense, whitish hair. Mesosoma also with fringes of short, dense, whitish pile present posterolaterally on scutellum and metanotum (Fig. 26 B), and at posterolateral corners and laterally on propodeum. STANDARD RATIOS (n = 5). L: 14 – 21.2 mm (mean = 16.9 mm); CR: 1.15 – 1.20 (mean = 1.17); OOR: 1.04 – 1.24 (mean = 1.15); CLR: 0.60 – 0.64 (mean = 0.62); MER: 1.27 – 1.40 (mean = 1.32); OMR: 0.89 – 0.99 (mean = 0.96); FRR: 1.46 – 1.81 (mean = 1.67); MSR: 0.72 – 0.80 (mean = 0.75); TER: 1.55 – 1.74 (mean = 1.62). GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere with a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 40 I) and dense setae on basal part, dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Figs 39 I, 41 I); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 I, 42 I); volsella bearing a few sensory cones on basal margin (Fig. 42 I), no lamella on inner margin (Fig. 39 I). External margin of paramere not angled medially (lateral side parallel), flattened apically (Figs 39 I, 40 I), volsella acute apically (Fig. 39 I); aedeagus with 10 teeth, the first two apical teeth much reduced, serrated margin straight, convex apically (Fig. 42 I).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF886E35FCF5FD6CF9DD.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 3 A – B) Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan); Singapore; Malaysia (Sarawak); China (Anhui, Beijing, Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, * Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Yunnan,); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Sikkim, West Bengal); Thailand; Nepal; Bhutan; Japan; Myanmar (Tenasserim). [Bingham 1897; Betrem 1928, 1941; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Terayama & Nagase 2007; TIGER project 2008; Nidup et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745BFF886E35FCF5FD6CF9DD.taxon	discussion	Notes This species can readily be distinguished from all other scoliids in Hong Kong by its wing venation with the second recurrent vein present but merging with the first. Subspecies of Liacos erythrosoma have been distinguished by the extent of red coloration on the metasoma (Betrem 1941; Gupta & Jonathan 2003). Specimens from Hong Kong show a wide range of variation in the amount of red integument on the basal tergites and sternites, and in the corresponding extent of red vestiture. The recognition of distinct subspecies seems unwarranted.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7459FF896E0EF8A2FAC4FDA7.taxon	type_taxon	(type species Sphex azurea Christ, 1791, by original designation; preoccupied by Betrem in Bradley & Betrem, 1967).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7459FF896E0EF8A2FAC4FDA7.taxon	discussion	Notes In a similar circumstance to that described under Phalerimeris above, Argaman (1996) regarded the name Guigliana as having been established by Bradley (1964 a) despite appearing therein as a nomen nudum only. Argaman’s (1996) usage can be taken as establishing a new available name, but by then it was long preoccupied by Betrem’s (in Bradley & Betrem 1967) usage of it for a different taxon.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7458FF8F6E03FDCDFC5DFAC2.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – B, 7 H, 10 C, 11 H, 14 C, 15 H, 18 C, 19 H, 22 C, 23 H, 26 C, 27 H, 30 C, 31 H, 34 C, 35 H, 38 C, 39 J, 40 J, 41 J, 42 J	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7458FF8F6E03FDCDFC5DFAC2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 2 ♀♀; Mai Po Nature Reserve; 22 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ N, 114 ° 02 ′ 00 ″ E; alt. 1 m; 13 Apr. 2014; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0514. G. Hy. 4; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0514. G. Hy. 5; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 22 ° 29 ′ 44 ″ N, 114 ° 02 ′ 35 ″ E; alt. 1 m; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0514. G. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♀; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E; alt. 60 m; 17 Apr. 2016; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0578. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 31 Mar. – 14 Apr. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 339. C. Hy. 3; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12 – 26 May 2012; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 348. C. Hy 7; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. – 12 Oct. 2018; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 371. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 4 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; TLFES.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7458FF8F6E03FDCDFC5DFAC2.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 3). L = 22.5 – 36.0 mm (mean = 29.8 mm); CR = 0.83 – 1.07 (mean = 0.99); OOR = 0.48 – 0.62 (mean = 0.57); CLR: 0.35 – 0.36 (mean = 0.36); MER: 1.23 – 1.50 (mean = 1.34); OMR: 0.99 – 1.14 (mean = 1.07); FRR: 1.47 – 1.61 (mean = 1.53); MSR: 0.73 – 0.76 (mean = 0.75); TER: 1.60 – 1.70 (mean = 1.66). HEAD. Largely sparsely punctate to impunctate except laterally on frontal spatium and clypeus and on scrobe (Fig. 15 H); frontal spatium not defined posteriorly; frontal fissura weakly present from anterior of frontal spatium to anterior ocellus, may be obsolete (Fig. 15 H). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum densely and finely punctate medially, becoming sparsely punctate on scapula (Fig. 23 H); mesoscutum densely punctate near anterior margin, moderately punctate near lateral and posterior margins, broadly impunctate on disc (Fig. 23 H); scutellum moderately punctate laterally, sparsely punctate medially (Fig. 27 H); metanotum and dorsum of propodeum densely and finely punctate (Fig. 27 H). Mesopleuron densely and finely punctate; metapleuron mostly more moderately punctate except for impunctate area in lower half of upper panel and uppermost part of lower panel; lateral panel of propodeum moderately and finely punctate. Scutellum with shallow median longitudinal groove, metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 27 H). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 27 H). METASOMA. Metasoma with moderately strong angle between anterior and ventral faces in lateral view; T 1 mostly densely and finely punctate with prominent impunctate tubercle at angle between anterior and dorsal faces (Fig. 35 H); T 2 – T 5 finely and densely punctate near posterior margins (and near anterior margin on T 2) with disc largely impunctate (Fig. 35 H), apical bands of punctures and their associated vestiture narrowing medially on T 3 – T 5; T 6 densely and strongly punctate. T 2 with basal elevation weekly developed (gradulus) (Fig. 35 H). WINGS. Fore wing with three submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Fore wing galbrous except along the costal vein being dense setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head red on frons, vertex and behind eye (Fig. 15 H); broad transverse, medially interrupted red band on T 3 (Fig. 35 H), sometimes also on T 4 and T 5; remainder of body black. Vestiture black except mostly red on apical segments of metasoma (interspersed with black hairs on sternites) (Fig. 7 H); vestiture relatively long and semi-decumbent on posterior half of mesosoma and on metasoma (Fig. 7 H). Wings dark brown with purple reflections. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 4). L: 23.8 – 26.5 mm (mean = 24.9 mm); CR: 1.07 – 1.13 (mean = 1.09); OOR: 1.43 – 1.76 (mean = 1.60); CLR: 0.54 – 0.63 (mean = 0.59); MER: 0.96 – 1.37 (mean = 1.21); OMR: 0.95 – 1.05 (mean = 1); FRR: 1.38 – 1.79 (mean = 1.54); MSR: 0.76 – 0.81 (mean = 0.78); TER: 1.53 – 1.76 (mean = 1.63). HEAD. Mostly densely punctate except small impunctate area on frons immediately in front of anterior ocellus (Fig. 18 C). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma mostly densely punctate (Fig. 26 C), scutum with small impunctate medioapical area (Fig. 26 C). Lateral panels of mesosoma as for female. Scutellum without shallow median longitudinal groove (Fig. 30 C). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33 C); tergites mostly densely and finely punctate except T 2 – T 4 with sparsely punctate to impunctate areas in centre of disc (may be absent on T 2) (Fig. 38 C); T 1 with anterior tubercle as in female. WINGS. Same as female. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Coloration as in female except head entirely black (Figs 10 C, 14 C); red bands may not be interrupted on T 4 and T 5. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere mostly glabrous, a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 40 J), dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Figs 39 J, 41 J); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40 J, 42 J); volsella bearing sparse sensory cones on most of its external margin (Fig. 42 J) and with a narrow lamella on the inner margin (Fig. 39 J). External margin of paramere not angled medially (lateral side parallel), subrounded apically (Figs 39 J, 40 J); aedeagus with 10 teeth, the first two apical teeth much reduced, apical margin serrated with minute teeth (Fig. 41 J), serrated margin straight, flattened apically (Fig. 42 J).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7458FF8F6E03FDCDFC5DFAC2.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 4 A – B) China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Anhui, Hainan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Krakatau); Malaysia (Selangor); Bangladesh (Chittagong); Thailand; India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Uttarankhand, West Bengal, Mizoram, Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar, Nagaland); Vietnam (North and South Vietnam); Myanmar; Laos; Nepal; Bhutan. [Betrem 1928, 1941; Dover 1926; Wang 1992; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Kumar 2009; Kumar & Pham 2015; Nidup et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7458FF8F6E03FDCDFC5DFAC2.taxon	discussion	Notes By far the largest and most impressive scoliid species in Hong Kong. While it is common and widely distributed in the territory, it is seasonal and rarely seen after June, but also has a short activity period in September, the taxon being probably bivoltine in Hong Kong (pers. obs.) Betrem (1928: 42) reports both Xylotrupes gideon (Linnaeus, 1767) and Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera) as hosts of this taxon. Betrem (1941) assigned specimens of this species from southern China to the subspecies Scolia azurea rubiginosa Fabricius, 1793 but Guiglia & Betrem (1958) later synonymised this name with the type subspecies while providing the new name Scolia azurea christiana for the form previously known as rubiginosa. Fabricius (1793) described his Scolia rubiginosa on the basis of a male of uncertain origin (type locality “ in India Orientali ”), describing its coloration as “ Abdominis segmentum primum secundumque atra, tertium atrum maculis duabus, dorsalibus, fulvis, reliquis omnibus ferrugineo hirtis ” (“ abdominal segments 1 and 2 black, 3 black with two dorsal yellow spots, remainder with entirely red hairs ”). Guiglia & Betrem (1958) interpreted this to mean that the apical fringe of T 3 was entirely black in Fabricius’ specimen (as in specimens from Indonesia) whereas specimens from northern India and southern China more typically have a mostly red fringe on T 3. However, it might be questioned whether Fabricius’ description should be seen as more ambiguous in this regard. No type material is currently available for Scolia rubiginosa (Guiglia & Betrem 1958) and until its identity can be more confidently determined we eschew the use of subspecies names in M. azurea.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745EFF8F6E38F998FBB5F853.taxon	type_taxon	(type species Scolia nobilitata Fabricius, 1804, by subsequent designation by Betrem & Bradley 1964).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745EFF8F6E38F998FBB5F853.taxon	discussion	Notes All species of Scolia found in Hong Kong, including S. pakshaoensis sp. nov., can be assigned to the subgenus Discolia de Saussure, 1863, distinguished from the type subgenus by the less extensive setation at the base of the volsella in males (Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Liu et al. 2021 a).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745DFFB26E24FE82FD99FA54.taxon	description	Figs 3 A – B, 8 A – B, 10 D, 12 A – B, 14 D, 16 A – B, 18 D, 20 A – B, 22 D, 24 A – B, 26 D, 28 A – B, 30 D, 32 A – B, 34 D, 36 A – B, 38 D, 39 K, 40 K, 41 K, 42 K	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745DFFB26E24FE82FD99FA54.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Lau Fau Shan; Jun. 1970; A. Sommerville leg.; HKBM • 1 ♀; no data; HKBM • 1 ♀; New Territories; May – Jul. 2018; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; Malaise trap; HKBM • 1 ♂; Tai Lung Farm, Sheung Shui; 18 May 1982; R. Winney leg.; TLFES • 1 ♂; no label; TLFES • 1 ♂; Che Keng Tuk; 22 ° 22.324 ′ N, 114 ° 15.910 ′ E; 30 m; 3 Aug. 2005; John X. Q. Lee leg.; hand net, ref.: 0684. N. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745DFFB26E24FE82FD99FA54.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 3). L: 14.8 – 17.4 mm (mean = 16.4 mm); CR: 1.14 – 1.18 (mean = 1.16); OOR: 0.61 – 0.76 (mean = 0.70); CLR: 0.35 – 0.40 (mean = 0.38); MER: 1.22 – 1.36 (mean = 1.30); OMR: 1.03 – 1.11 (mean = 1.08); FRR: 2.19 – 2.36 (mean = 2.26); MSR: 0.78 – 0.81 (mean = 0.79); TER: 1.41 – 1.74 (mean = 1.62). HEAD. Head sparsely punctate to impunctate except densely punctate on lateral margins of frontal spatium and on scrobe (Fig. 16 A – B). MESOSOMA. Scapula, mesoscutum and scutellum in large part sparsely punctate to impunctate, mesoscutum and scutellum each more densely punctate near anterior margin (Fig. 24 A – B); metanotum moderately punctate medially, densely punctate laterally (Fig. 28 A – B); dorsomedian area of propodeum densely punctate, dorsolateral area largely impunctate except moderately punctate laterally (Fig. 28 A – B). Mesopleuron densely punctate medially, broadly impunctate anteriorly and posteriorly; metapleuron largely impunctate except with small, effused punctures anteroventrally; lateral panel of propodeum largely impunctate anteriorly, moderately punctate posteriorly. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 28 A). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 28 A). METASOMA. Metasoma with no obvious angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 32 A – B); tergites sparsely punctate discally, more densely punctate anteriorly and posteriorly (Fig. 36 A – B). T 1 with weak tubercle at angle between anterior and dorsal faces (Fig. 36 A). T 2 with basal elevation weekly developed (gradulus) (Fig. 36 A). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Fore wing galbrous except along the costal vein being dense setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Black form; integument mostly black except following orange (Figs 8 A, 12 A): metasoma with large lateral spots on T 3 – T 4 (Figs 8 A, 36 A). Orange form; Head mostly red except large black maculation on frons covering ocellar triangle and reaching eye margins, frontal spatium and clypeus black (Figs 16 B, 20 B). Mesosoma entirely black; metasoma black except large lateral orange spots on T 2 – T 5 (Fig. 36 B). In both forms vestiture white on head (Fig. 16 A – B), largely black on mesosoma with white vestiture laterally and ventrally, interspersed black and white vestiture on metasoma (Fig. 36 A – B); wings dark brown with purple reflections. Male STANDARD RATIO (n = 3). L: 11.8 – 14.4 mm (mean = 13.4 mm); CR: 1.13 – 1.14 (mean = 1.13); OOR: 1.33 – 1.73 (mean = 1.52); CLR: 0.58 – 0.71 (mean = 0.66); MER: 1.28 – 1.39 (mean = 1.32); OMR: 0.97 – 1.04 (mean = 0.99); FRR: 2.0 – 2.29 (mean = 2.15); MSR: 0.77 – 0.80 (mean = 0.79); TER: 1.52 – 1.72 (mean = 1.62). HEAD. Head mostly moderately punctate, densely punctate on frontal spatium (Fig. 18 D). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma more heavily punctate than female but punctures on mesoscutum more widely spaced posteromedially than marginally, many medial punctures on mesoscutum separated by about their own diameter (Fig. 26 D); dorsolateral area of propodeum largely impunctate in anterior half (Fig. 30 D). Mesopleuron and metapleuron as in female; lateral panel of propodeum moderately punctate. METASOMA. Metasomal tergites uniformly and moderately punctate (Figs 34 D, 38 D). WINGS. Same as female. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Only black form examined. Integument black except following orange (Figs 10 D, 14 D): inner part of ocular sinus, line behind upper lobe of eye; scapula; large paired lateral spots on T 3 and T 4 (Fig. 14 D). Vestiture mostly white (Figs 10 D, 18 D), black on much of dorsum of mesosoma (except on pronotum and anterior of mesoscutum) (Fig. 26 D) and on apical fringes and laterally on metasoma (always white on orange areas of integument). GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere mostly glabrous, a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 42 K), dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Figs 39 K, 41 K); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Fig. 39 K); volsella bearing sparse sensory cones basally on the external margin, no lamella on its internal margin. External margin of paramere uniformly rounded, broadly rounded apically, (Figs 39 K, 40 K); cuspis volsellaris acute apically (Fig. 40 K); aedeagus with eight teeth, serrated margin convex apically, concave basally (Fig. 42 K).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745DFFB26E24FE82FD99FA54.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 3 A – B) China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam); Sri Lanka; Japan (Okinawa); Bhutan; Myanmar (Pegu Hills, Rangoon, Tenasserim); Malaysia (Malacca, Pahang); Laos; Vietnam (South and North [Cochinchina and Tonkin]; Singapore. [Betrem 1928; Uchida 1934; Krombein 1978; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Kumar & Pham 2015; Nidup et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA745DFFB26E24FE82FD99FA54.taxon	discussion	Notes This species is extremely variable in coloration according to Betrem (1941) and Krombein (1978): in both sexes, the head, scapulae and metasomal tergites may be marked with red or entirely black. Scolia binotata is therefore most reliably distinguished from its congeners in Hong Kong by its sparsely punctate mesoscutum which is broadly impunctate medially in the female and has most punctures separated by about their own diameter in the male (in other species of Scolia the mesoscutal punctures are more uniform and closely placed). Scolia binotata has a history of being confused with S. quadripustulata Fabricius 1782 and specimens from Hong Kong were described by Betrem (1941) under the latter name. True S. quadripustulata, which may not occur outside the Indian subcontinent, differs from S. binotata in having the dorsum of the mesosoma more extensively punctate and hairs on the head mostly black rather than white (Krombein 1978; Gupta & Jonathan 2003). Subspecies and infrasubspecific varieties recognised by Betrem (1941) to represent colour variants are not geographically distinct and hence probably not worthy of recognition. These include Scolia sexpustulata Klug, 1805, Scolia humeralis de Saussure in de Saussure & Sichel, 1864 and Scolia quadripustulata birmanica var. octopustulata Betrem, 1941, specifically used to refer to variants recorded from Hong Kong.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7463FFB06DB4FA73FE7BFE70.taxon	description	Figs 3 A – B, 5 A, 8 C, 12 C, 16 C, 20 C, 24 C, 28 C, 32 C, 36 C	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7463FFB06DB4FA73FE7BFE70.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 4 – 18 May 2013; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 130. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♀; Mang Kung Wo; 22 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ N, 114 ° 15 ′ 12 ″ E; alt. 60 m; 11 – 25 Apr. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 483. C. Hy. 6; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Apr. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0713. A. Hy. 1; CBC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 26 Apr. 2020; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0714. A. Hy. 1; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7463FFB06DB4FA73FE7BFE70.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 4). L: 19.1 – 22.0 mm (mean = 20.4 mm); CR: 1.10 – 1.17 (mean = 1.13); OOR: 0.58 – 0.76 (mean = 0.66); CLR: 0.39 – 0.42 (mean = 0.40); MER: 1.15 – 1.33 (mean = 1.21); OMR: 0.99 – 1.05 (mean = 1.03); FRR: 1.86 – 2.12 (mean = 2.05); MSR: 0.76 – 0.87 (mean = 0.83); TER: 1.63 – 1.73 (mean = 1.69). HEAD. Head more or less impunctate on disc of clypeus and across vertex behind posterior ocelli; remainder of head extensively but not deeply punctate; frontal spatium not defined posteriorly (Figs 16 C, 20 C); frontal fissura present on frontal spatium only (Fig. 16 C). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma more or less strongly punctate (Fig. 24 C), subcontiguously so on metanotum and dorsum of propodeum (Fig. 28 C). Mesopleuron mostly densely punctate except impunctate posteriorly; upper panel of metapleuron densely punctate dorsally, impunctate ventrally; lower panel of metapleuron densely but shallowly punctate anteroventrally, broadly impunctate posterodorsally; lateral panel of propodeum densely punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 28 C). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 28 C). METASOMA. Metasoma with moderately strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 32 C); basal tergites with differentiated apical bands of dense, minute punctures contrasting with less densely punctate remainder of tergite; apical tergites densely punctate. T 2 with basal elevation distinct (gradulus) (Fig. 36 C). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Fore wings uniformly covered in short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head red on disc of clypeus, frons including frontal spatium, and behind eye (Fig. 32 C); mesosoma with scapula mostly red (Fig. 24 C); metasoma with obscure pair of lateral red spots on each of T 2 and T 3 (Fig. 36 C); remainder of body black. Vestiture pale on head and mesosoma (yellow on head, grading to grey on propodeum), grey and black on basal metasomal segments and black on apical metasomal segments; vestiture on sides of mesosoma and on metasoma semi-decumbent, giving distinctly ‘ shaggy’ appearance (Fig. 8 C). Wings dark brown with bronze reflections.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7463FFB06DB4FA73FE7BFE70.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 3 A – B) China (Fujian, * Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Sichuan). [Betrem 1933, 1941; Uchida 1934].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7463FFB06DB4FA73FE7BFE70.taxon	discussion	Notes This species is variable in coloration and was consequently divided into a number of subspecies and varieties by Betrem (1941). The specimens we have seen from Hong Kong correspond in their possession of red spots on the metasoma to Betrem’s (1941) concept of Scolia clypeata pseudovollenhoveni var. horaiensis Uchida, 1933. This variant overlaps in range with S. c. pseudovollenhoveni sensu stricto (Betrem 1941) which differs only in the absence of the metasomal spots and so does not warrant distinct recognition. The scapulae marked with orange / red will distinguish this species from most other scoliids in Hong Kong except Carinoscolia junnanensis and some individuals of Scolia binotata. It may be distinguished from these species by the distribution of punctures on the metasomal tergites which possess a distinct band of dense, minute punctures towards the apical margin. The female of S. clypeata that we have seen from Hong Kong possesses a pair of very obscure reddish spots on each of T 2 and T 3 and it is possible that other females of this species may possess more distinct metasomal spots like those seen in S. binotata.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7461FFB16E2AFD97FBC3FDAB.taxon	description	3 A – B, 10 E, 14 E, 18 E, 22 E, 26 E, 30 E, 34 E, 38 E	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7461FFB16E2AFD97FBC3FDAB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Lau Fau Shan; Jun. 1970; A. Sommerville leg; HKBM.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7461FFB16E2AFD97FBC3FDAB.taxon	description	Description Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). L: 13.5 mm; CR: 1.03; OOR: 0.74; CLR: 0.61; MER: 1.31; OMR: 0.98; FRR: 2.04; MSR: 0.78; TER: 1.64. HEAD. Head largely sparsely punctate to impunctate except frontal spatium densely punctate (Figs 18 E, 22 E); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly; frontal fissura present from anterior of frontal spatium to anterior ocellus. MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma mostly densely punctate (Fig. 26 E) except dorsolateral area of propodeum broadly impunctate anteriorly (Fig. 30 E). Mesopleuron densely punctate medially, broadly impunctate anteriorly and posteriorly; metapleuron largely impunctate; lateral panel of propodeum moderately punctate. Metasoma with weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 34 E); tergites densely punctate (Fig. 38 E). Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 30 E). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 30 E). METASOMA. Metasoma with moderately strong angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 38 E); tergites uniformely punctate, punctures separated by a little more than their own diameter. T 2 without basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 38 E). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Anterior half of fore wings with short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument entirely black (Figs 10 E, 14 E). Vestiture on head white; on mesosoma and metasoma black. Wings dark brown with purple reflections. GENITALIA. Not dissected, collection specimen (HKBM).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7461FFB16E2AFD97FBC3FDAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 3 A – B) China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong); India (Sikkim); Myanmar (Tenasserim); Thailand. [Smith 1855; Betrem 1928; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7461FFB16E2AFD97FBC3FDAB.taxon	discussion	Notes We have not seen a female of this species but a description is provided by Gupta & Jonathan (2003); it is very similar in appearance to the male but has dense white setae on the scapulae. To date, this small species is the only entirely black scoliid (Scolia) known from Hong Kong.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: F 74 C 96 DE-B 8 E 5 - 4 D 04 - AA 3 B- 7 E 8 CB 7922620 Figs 3 A – B, 5 B, 6, 8 D, 10 F, 12 D, 14 F, 16 D, 18 F, 20 D, 22 F, 24 D, 26 F, 28 D, 30 F, 32 D, 34 F, 36 D, 38 F, 39 L, 40 L, 41 L, 42 L	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Female This species can be differentiated from other black bodied and red headed scoliids, including Scolia rugifrons Betrem, 1928 with which it is probably closely allied, by its entirely black antennae, including scape; clypeus with large punctures medially; frontal spatium with large punctures, frontal fissura short; mesoscutum uniformly punctured, lacking the distinct impunctate V-shaped area posteriorly; metanotum with large and uniform punctures; mesopleuron and metapleuron with extensive deep punctures; sternites punctured uniformly except first sternite which is smooth centrally and bears large punctures laterally. The male is almost identical to the female.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name refers to the type locality.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 7 – 13 Jun. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 018. C. Hy. 18; CAS. Paratype CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; 14 – 31 May 2009; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 062. C. Hy. 4; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). L: 14.5 mm; CR: 1.16; OOR: 0.83; CLR: 0.33; MER: 1.22; OMR: 1.07; FRR: 2.0; MSR: 0.78; TER: 1.61. HEAD. Clypeus impunctate medially densely punctate laterally and along anterior margin; frontal area sparsely punctate medially, densely punctate laterally; scrobe densely punctate; frons sparsely punctate medially, largely impunctate laterally (Fig. 16 D); vertex largely impunctate, moderately punctate in rear of declivous portion (Fig. 20 D); frontal spatium not defined posteriorly; frontal fissura mostly obsolete except for short length on frontal spatium (Fig. 16 D); ocelli slightly depressed with depressed area extending laterally from posterior ocellus about half of distance to eye (Fig. 16 D). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma deeply punctate; dorsum of pronotum densely punctate without distinct impunctate posterior margin, punctures becoming more widely spaced anterior to tegula (Fig. 24 D); mesoscutum densely punctate, punctures becoming subcontiguous near posterior margin, less densely punctate outside parapsides (Figs 24 D, 28 D); tegulae punctate near anterior and inner margins, otherwise impunctate; scutellum densely punctate anteriorly, more widely punctate in posterior half; metanotum moderately punctate medially, densely punctate laterally (Fig. 24 D); propodeum densely punctate on dorsomedial area and on posterior declivity, more sparsely punctate on dorsolateral area (Fig. 28 D). Pronotal callosity sparsely punctate; mesopleuron mostly densely punctate, sparsely punctate on dorsal crest, with impunctate areas anteriorly and posteriorly; upper panel of metapleuron densely punctate posterodorsally, impunctate anterolaterally; lower panel of metapleuron impunctate dorsally, with shallow, effaced punctures ventrally; lateral panel of propodeum moderately punctate (Fig. 8 D). Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 28 D). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 28 D). METASOMA. S 1 with strong median tubercle anteriorly (Fig. 32 D); S 2 weakly bulging anteriorly with weak transition between anterior and ventral faces in lateral view (Fig. 32 D); tergites each uniformly moderately punctate, becoming more densely punctate on apical tergites (Figs 32 D, 36 D), without differentiation of punctures towards posterior margin of tergite. T 2 with basal elevation distinct (gradulus) (Fig. 36 D). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Fore wing with costal, first submarginal and marginal cells with short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head red on frons, vertex except for spot around ocellar triangle, and behind upper lobe of eye (Figs 16 D, 20 D); remainder of body black (becoming reddish distally on each tarsal segment) (Fig. 8 D). Vestiture brown on head, absent on frons and vertex, black on mesosoma and metasoma. Wings dark brown with bronze reflections. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). Genitalia were dissected and total length not acquired; CR: 1.13; OOR: 1.27; CLR: 0.58; MER: 1.30; OMR: 0.96; FRR: 1.74; MSR: 0.79; TER: 1.80. HEAD. As for female, except head moderately punctate on clypeus, frons and vertex, punctures on frons and vertex relatively shallow, giving head a wrinkled appearance (Figs 18 F, 22 F). MESOSOMA. As for female, except lower panel of metapleuron and lateral panel of propodeum more densely punctate than in female. METASOMA. As for female, but T 2 without basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 38 F). WINGS. Same as female but fore wing uniformly covered in short setae GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere sparsely setose (Fig. 40 L), dorsal side with dense long setae on most of its surface (Fig. 39 L); volsella with sparse setae apically, cuspis volsellaris with a cluster of short hairs apically and a row / cluster of long hairs basally (Fig. 42 L); volsella bearing a few sensory cones on its external margin, acute apically and with no lamella (Figs 39 L, 42 L). External margin of paramere angled medially, rounded apically (Figs 39 L, 40 L); aedeagus with nine teeth (Fig. 42 L), serrated margin convex apically, straight medially and subconcave basally (Fig. 42 L).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7460FFB76E35FDD8FE91FE3C.taxon	discussion	Notes This species is very similar to S. rugifrons Betrem, 1928 of northeastern India and Myanmar from which it may be distinguished by the features described above. Among other species previously recorded from China (Liu et al. 2021 a, 2021 b), it comes closest to S. laeviceps from which it is readily distinguished by its red frons.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7466FFB86DC4FE68FA90FCFB.taxon	description	Figs 3 A – B, 8 E, 10 G, 12 E, 14 G, 16 E, 18 G, 20 E, 22 G, 24 E, 26 G, 28 E, 30 G, 32 E, 34 G, 36 E, 38 G, 39 M, 40 M, 41 M, 42 M	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7466FFB86DC4FE68FA90FCFB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♀; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 12 – 28 Jul. 2014; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: PSO-M 167. C. Hy. 2; CBC • 1 ♂; Tai Tam; 22 ° 14 ′ 45 ” N, 114 ° 13 ′ 23 ″ E; 28 Jun. – 12 Jul. 2018; Malaise trap; C. Taylor and Cheung Shun Chi leg.; HKBM • 1 ♀; no locality or date; ref.: IIE 21973, CSK, Lau leg.; TLFES • 1 ♂; Kwan Tei; 22 ° 30 ′ 40 ″ N, 114 ° 09 ′ 33 ″ E; alt. 15 m; 27 Jun. 2007; C. Barthélémy leg.; hand net, ref.: 0265. U. Hy. 5; CBC • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N, 114 ° 19 ′ 04 ″ E; alt. 70 m; 29 Jun. – 6 Jul. 2008; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 048. C. Hy. 4; CBC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 31 May – 6 Jun. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 017. C. Hy. 19; CBC • 1 ♂; Ping Shan Chai; 22 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ N, 114 ° 11 ′ 06 ″ E; alt. 140 m; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M 044. A. Hy. 3; CBC.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7466FFB86DC4FE68FA90FCFB.taxon	description	Description Female STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). L: 21.5 mm; CR: 1.19; OOR: 0.61; CLR: 0.41; MER: 1.27; OMR: 1.04; FRR: 2.02; MSR: 0.77; TER: 1.60. HEAD. Head mostly impunctate except on frontal lamina and scrobe; frontal spatium not well defined dorsally (Figs 16 E, 20 E); frontal fissura present from anterior of frontal spatium to anterior ocellus (Fig. 16 E). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma densely and strongly punctate on scapula, mesoscutum (slightly less so dorsomedially on disc) and scutellum (Fig. 24 E); metanotum mostly sparsely punctate, punctures on median area (Fig. 28 E); dorsum of propodeum with numerous but small punctures, many of them separated by more than their own diameter (Fig. 28 E). Mesopleuron densely punctate medially, broadly impunctate posteriorly and laterally; upper panel of metapleuron densely punctate dorsally, impunctate ventrally; lower panel of metapleuron with numerous faint punctures mostly effaced by vestiture; lateral panel of pronotum sparsely, minutely punctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 28 E). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 28 E). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 32 E); tergites mostly uniformly but not very densely punctate, T 2 with paired round impunctate areas laterally (Figs 32 E, 36 E). T 2 without basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 36 E). WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and one recurrent vein. Costal, first submarginal and marginal cells with short setae. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Head red on antennae, frons above frontal spatium, vertex except for ocellar triangle, and behind upper lobe of eye (Figs 16 E, 20 E); remainder of body black (Fig. 8 E). Vestiture pale on front of head (albeit almost absent above frontal spatium), darker brown on occiput, black on mesosoma and metasoma with dense, appressed, white pile present posterolaterally on mesosoma. Wings dark brown with purple reflections. Male STANDARD RATIOS (n = 4). L: 14.8 – 18.0 mm (mean = 16.9 mm); CR: 1.07 – 1.13 (mean = 1.10); OOR: 1.62 – 1.83 (mean = 1.71); CLR: 0.61 – 0.76 (mean = 0.67); MER: 1.27 – 1.33 (mean = 1.30); OMR: 0.93 – 1.03 (mean = 0.97); FRR: 1.73 – 2.04 (mean = 1.86); MSR: 0.79 – 0.85 (mean = 0.82); TER: 1.45 – 1.54 (mean = 1.50). HEAD. Head densely punctate on frontal area and spatium, frons and vertex moderately but shallowly punctate (Figs 18 G, 22 G). MESOSOMA. Dorsum of mesosoma more or less densely punctate, punctures becoming sparser and / or shallower on dorsum of propodeum (Fig. 26 G). Lateral panels of mesosoma as for female. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 30 G). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 30 G). METASOMA. Metasoma with weak division between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33 G); tergites uniformly and densely punctate (Figs 34 G, 38 G). T 2 without basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 38 G). WINGS. Same as female. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Antennal flagellum brown / red to varying extent (Fig. 10 G); head yellow on frons above frontal spatium, vertex except spot of varying size around ocellar triangle, and behind upper lobe of eye (Figs 18 G, 22 G); remainder of body black. Vestiture pale (whitish or yellow) on head, mesosoma and T 1 – T 3 with black apical fringe on T 4 – T 6 (Fig. 10 G). Wings dark brown with bronze reflections. GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere sparsely setose (Fig. 40 M), dorsal side with sparse long setae on most of its surface (Fig. 39 M); volsella with a few long setae apically, cuspis volsellaris with a few hairs apically and a row / cluster of long hairs basally (Fig. 42 M); volsella bearing sparse sensory cones on its external margin and a very narrow lamella on its internal margin (Figs 39 M, 40 M). External margin of paramere subparallel, rounded apically (Figs 39 M, 40 M); aedeagus with nine teeth, the last apical one much reduced (Fig. 42 M), serrated margin straight and sharply flattened apically (Fig. 42 M).	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7466FFB86DC4FE68FA90FCFB.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 3 A – B) China (Fujian, * Hong Kong, Hunan, Guangdong, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang); Vietnam (South); India (Assam, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand); Nepal; Vietnam; Thailand, Myanmar. [Betrem 1928, 1941; Wang 1992; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; TIGER project 2008; Liu et al. 2021 b].	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
F41087BA7466FFB86DC4FE68FA90FCFB.taxon	discussion	Notes This species is most reliably distinguished in Hong Kong by the punctation on the dorsomedian area of the propodeum which is notably faint and / or sparse when compared to other Scolia species. The uniform absence of red coloration on the mesosoma and metasoma may also distinguish it from Sc. binotata and Sc. clypeata. The female of Sc. superciliaris is also much larger than other Scolia females we have seen from the region. Subspecies of Sc. superciliaris have been distinguished on the basis of the amount of red vs black coloration on the male antennae (Chinese Sc. s. superciliaris is supposed to have the antennae almost entirely black), but Hong Kong specimens range from having the flagellum almost entirely black to almost entirely red. Recognition of separate subspecies is therefore probably not warranted. Identification key Their striking appearance has made scoliids a popular subject for photographers, both amateur and professional. With this in mind, we have attempted to arrange this key with a focus on features likely to be visible in photographs of live specimens. Unfortunately, this has not always been feasible; some species will simply not be readily distinguishable without close examination under a microscope. Groups of particular concern in this regard include the red-fronted Scolia species (Sc. clypeata, Sc. superciliaris, Sc. pakshaoensis sp. nov. and some colour variants of Sc. binotata Fabricius, 1804 as well as Carinoscolia junnanensis (Betrem, 1928 )) and male Campsomerini. Photographs taken in Hong Kong and uploaded to the iNaturalist website (www. inaturalist. org / observations / 42073499; www. inaturalist. org / observations / 42444275; and, www. inaturalist. org / observations / 72987049) show an unidentified species of Scolia. It may be Sc. formosicola Betrem, 1928 but confirmation of identity would require examination of specimens. It should be distinguishable from other scoliids in the region by its coloration: T 2 mostly yellow with the remainder of the body predominantly black. Another photograph uploaded on the same website (https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 73932862) shows a male Scolia that we have not examined, it comes closest to Sc. clypeata pseudovollenhoveni Betrem, 1933 but confirmation would also require examination of specimens.	en	Taylor, Christopher, Barthélémy, Christophe (2021): A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species. European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607
