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Scolia (Discolia) picteti Saussure
Scolia histrionica Fabricius, 1798:256 [Tranquebar; type probably lost, teste Bradley, 1964a:16]; preoccupied in Scolia by Tiphia histrionica Fabricius, 1787.
Scolia (Lacosi) picteti Saussure, 1855:42 [; “Des Indes Orientales”; type in Geneva].
Scolia pulchra Smith, 1855:88 [; India; type in British Museum].—Bradley and Betrem, 1967:318 [confirm S. pulchra as a synonym of Scolia (Discolia) picteti].
Scolia (Discolia) histrionica Fabricius.—Saussure and Sichel, 1864:121–122 [S. picteti and S. pulchra synonymized; “India orientali”].
Scolia (Scolia) histrionica Fabricius.—Betrem, 1928:330–331 [South India and Ceylon].
Scolia (Scolia) picteti Saussure.—Betrem, 1941:165–166 [notes that this is valid name for taxon treated (1928) as S. histrionica Fabricius, 1798].
Scolia (Discolia) picteti Saussure.—Betrem and Bradley, 1964b:94. [assign S. picteti to subgenus Discolia].—Guiglia, 1965:323 [Ceylon localities].
- bibliographic citation
- Krombein, Karl V. 1978. "Biosystematic Studies of Ceylonese Wasps, II: A Monograph of the Scoliidae (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-56. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.283
