americana

Smith 1853

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Outer surface of galea smooth. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum and scutellum smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle mat and rugose. T2-T4 densely punctate (i=d). Metasoma black.
Female. L=11.3mm. Clypeus finely sculptured, with sparse, deep punctures (i>2d), with a median impunctate line. Inner eye margins and vertex without blackish hairs. Head and mesosoma with reddish hairs. Metanotum entirely mat and black. T2-T4 with white apical hair bands. Prepygidial fimbria black, with a few, white hairs intermixed.

Male. L=10.5mm. Antenna brown. A3 shorter than A4. A4-A12 slightly convex ventrally. Disc of T2-T4 with short, white, apical hair bands. Disc of T5-T6 with black hairs. T7 with yellowish hairs. S3-S5 with premarginal line slightly emarginate. S6 with apical margin concave. S8 nearly hairless, apical area smooth and triangle shaped. Apex of gonostylus pointed. Digitus rounded apically.

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