tricincta

Kirby 1802

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Glossa shorter than maxillary palpus. Outer surface of galea mat and sculptured. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum and scutellum mat and sculptured. Propodeal triangle strongly sculptured, margin carinate. Terga black. T2-T4 with yellowish-white apical hair bands, usually as long as marginal zone (sometimes shorter).
Female. L=10.8mm. Clypeus convex, with dense, deep punctures (iMale. L=9.9mm. Clypeus convex, densely punctate, except smooth, apical area. Antenna brown. A3 as long as A4. A4-A12 enlarged apically and ventrally. Face with narrow, black, lateral fringe. Hairs on underside of F3 shorter than width. Bt3 twice as wide as mediotarsus 3, with parallel margins. Disc of T3 with black hair. S4-S5 with emarginate apical margin. S6 with bushy hair apicomedially. S7 with apicolateral process nearly hairless. S8 nearly hairless. Gonostylus straight and truncate apically. Digitus rounded apically.

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