<br><br>Archaeoscolia senilis (lat.) – a fossil species of wasps of the genus Archaeoscolia from the family Scoliidae. One of the oldest of the stinging Hymenoptera. Found in the Lower Cretaceous deposits of central Mongolia (Asia, the Bon-Tsagan locality, Barremian Stage, Dzun-Bain Formation, about 120 Ma).<br>Description<br>Body length about 2 cm, fore wing length about 15 mm. View Archaeoscolia senilis was first described from a body and forewing print in 1993 by the Russian paleoentomologist and Pavlovich Rasnitsyn (Paleontological Institute RAS, Russia) together with relicta… Included in the genus Archaeoscolia Rasnitsyn, 1993, one of the oldest representatives of the Scoliidae family. The new species was allocated to a separate subfamily Archaescoliinae from the family Scoliidae… Among the oldest wasps-scoli: Cretoscolia conquensis (130 Ma, Spain), Protoscolia sinensis (130 Ma, China), Cretoscolia montsecana (130 million years old, Spain). Together with the Cretaceous species Architiphia rasnitsyni, Priorvespa longiceps (130 million years old, Transbaikalia, Russia), Curiosivespa antiqua (120 million years old, Buryatia, Russia), Cretaproscolia asiatica (120 Ma, China) and others, these are the most ancient representatives of the Vespoidea superfamily from the order Hymenoptera. Sister taxa: Cretoscolia, Floriscolia, Protoscolia, Archaeoscolia hispanica other. The specific name comes from the Latin word senilis (old).<br>
