maura

(PĂ©rez 1896)

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Labial palpus longer than glossa. Maxillary palpus as long as galea. Outer surface of galea mat and sculptured. Malar area longer than A2. Scutum mostly sculptured and mat, sometimes with posterior area shiny.
Female. L=13.2mm. Clypeus densely punctate (i=d), finely sculptured between punctures, with impunctate median line. Face and scutum with yellowish to black hairs. Anterior area of scutellum shiny. Mesosoma with black and reddish hairs intermixed. Propodeal triangle finely rugose, narrower than metanotum. T1-T3 mostly partly orange. T2-T5 with apical hair bands yellow to brownish, and as long as marginal zone. T4 apical hair band longer medially. Prepygidial fimbria brownish to black. Pp flat.
Male. L=10.9mm. Clypeus densely punctate, except apical area smooth. A3 shorter than A4. A4-A12 slightly convex ventrally. T2-T4 with yellowish to brownish, continuous apical hair bands. S4-S5 with straight apical margin. S6 as illustrated. S7 with apicolateral process swollen. S8 nearly hairless. Gonostylus pointed apically. Gonostylus straight ventrally. Penis valve and digitus rounded apically.

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