C. flavicara

Eardley 2007

Taxon referenced in page Mellittidae - Capicola
Author(s) : Denis Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Head longer than wide. Integument of antenna, supraclypeal area, clypeus, labrum, mandible, scutum, scutellum, fore and middle legs yellow or orange. Maxillary palpus a little shorter than labial palpus, the latter not quite reaching end of glossa. Maxillary palpus a little shorter than galea, which is subequal in length to labial palpus. Outer surface of galea sculptured. Compound eyes with upper and lower interorbital distances subequal. Clypeus about twice as wide as long. Clypeus, mesoscutum and scutellum shiny, with very small, shallow punctures.
Female. L=6.8mm. T1-T2 and S1-S2 yellow or orange, remainder dull black. Propodeal triangle mostly shiny, with reticulate sculpture. Remainder of propodeum mat. Legs 1-3 with whitish vestiture, except orange under hind basitarsus. Spurs of Tb2 with eight very small spines. Scopa densely pubescent proximally, sparsely pubescent distally. Apical fringes on T1-4 continuous. Prepygidial fimbria black to brownish. Pp gently concave, without medio-longitudinal carinae.
Male. L=5.4mm. Propodeum, T1-T4 and S1-S4 yellow or orange, remainder dull black. Eyes not prominent. A5 as long as wide. Tb3 not broadened. S6 with short medio-apical teeth. S7-8 and genitalia as illustrated in Figs.

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