Non-monophyletic-genus

Guides

• Colpa octomaculata hermione

  Colpa octomaculata hermione is a subspecies of scoliid wasp, a group commonly known as mammoth wasps. The parent species Colpa octomaculata is native to North America. Scoliid wasps are large-bodied parasitoids whose larvae develop on scarabaeid beetle grubs. Recent phylogenetic research indicates the genus Colpa is sister to the tribe Scoliini, which renders the tribe Campsomerini non-monophyletic. This subspecies represents part of a taxonomic group that has historically lacked modern systematic treatment.

  scoliid-waspmammoth-waspparasitoidScarabaeidaeHymenopteraNorth-Americanon-monophyletic-genusbiological-control