C. nigerrima

Cockerell 1932

Taxon referenced in page Mellittidae - Capicola
Author(s) : Denis Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Integument black or brownish. Labial palpus shorter than glossa and maxillary palpus. Maxillary palpus as long as galea. Outer surface of galea smooth. Clypeus with a medio-longitudinal groove, two and a half times as wide as long. Clypeus, scutum, scutellum and disc of terga with deep, dense punctures (iFemale. L=8.9mm. Legs with white or pale yellow hairs. Spurs of Tb2 with 8-10 sharp outstanding spines. T1-T5 with white continous apical fringe. Prepygidial fimbria black to brownish. Pp with a strong elevated median area.
Male. L=8.1mm. Head wider than long. Inner margin of eyes converging ventrally. A4-13 brown. A5 longer than wide. Mesoscutum and scutellum shiny, with deep punctures. Tb3 strongly enlarged apically. Disc of T2-4 deeply punctate, with basal concavity. Medio-apical processes of S6 curved and swollen. S7 disc very large. S8 apex spatulate. Genitalia as illustrated in Figs.

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