murciana

Warncke 1973

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Glossa as long as maxillary palpus and labial palpus. Outer surface of galea smooth. Malar area shorter than A2. Center of scutum and scutellum smooth between punctures. Base of propodeal triangle with vertical carinae. Metasoma black.
Female. L=12.9mm. Clypeus flat, sparsely punctate (i>d), with smooth, median line. Dorsal surface of mesosoma with black hair intermixed with reddish hair. Central area of scutum sparsely punctate (i>2d). Legs 1-3 with reddish hair. T2-T4 with yellowish, apical, hair bands that are as long as marginal zone. Prepygidial fimbria black, with a few whitish hairs intermixed laterally. Pp with median elevated area.
Male. L=11.8mm. Vestiture of body reddish. A3 shorter than A4. A4-A12 cylindrical. Face with reddish hair, and narrow, black, lateral fringe. Scutum densely punctate (i

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