danae

Eardley 2006

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Labial palpus as long as glossa. Outer surface of galea mat and sculptured. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum densely punctate (iFemale. L=10.7mm. Clypeus with deep punctures, sculptured between punctures. Scutum with black hairs centrally and reddish hairs marginally. Leg 3 with orange hairs. Prepygidial fimbria black with a few yellow hairs laterally.

Male. L=10.3mm. Antenna black. A3 as long as A4. A4-A12 slightly convex ventrally. Vestiture reddish. S4-S5 with straight apical margin. S6 with a few, short, reddish hairs apically. S7 with a pair of blade-shaped apicolateral processes. S8 nearly hairless, column with a median carina. Gonostylus with inner lobe.

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