Risk Status Official status Information not available at this time. Unlike these species however, they lack the yellow marks on their head and thorax .
Males differ from male velvet-ants in being larger, less hairy, and darker in colour.
Their head, antennae, thorax, and legs are jet-black. The abdomen is largely yellow with black banding. Unlike the wingless velvet-ant females, scoliid females are winged. In both sexes the dark wing membrane beyond the closed cells has many lengthwise wrinkles near the outer margin. Distribution Map Red dots indicate specimen records or confirmed breeding sites.