C. rufiventris

Friese 1912

Taxon referenced in page Mellittidae - Capicola
Author(s) : Denis Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Head wider than long. Labial palpus as long as glossa. Maxillary palpus as long as galea, longer than labial palpus. Outer surface of galea mat. Clypeus twice as wide as long, without median groove. Propodeal triangle with basal area horizontal.
Female. L=9.6mm. Clypeus glabrous, with few punctures (i>3d). Mesoscutum and scutellum with small, deep punctures, with appressed hairs. Propodeal triangle with a median groove; anterior half finely rugose to strigulate; posterior half shiny and unsculptured. Posterior part of propodeum shiny. Fore and mid legs with whitish hairs. Spurs of Tb2 with 4-6 sharp outstanding spines. Terga mat, weakly punctate. T1 with interrupted apical hair band (some specimens with reduced but continuous band). T1-T3 orange. T3 with lateral brown spot. Prepygidial fimbria white brownish to brownish. Pp with a strong elevated median area; not tapering.
Male. L=7.8mm. Clypeus densely punctate (i=d), covered with long white appressed hairs. A4-13 dorsally brown, ventrally reddish. A3 as long as A4. A5 as long as wide. Mesoscutum and scutellum shiny between small, weak punctures. Legs with white appressed hairs. Tb3 apex widely expanded. Medio-apical process of S6 blade shaped. S7 with spiny apico-lateral processes. Apex of S8 subelliptic. S8 and genitalia as illustrated in Figs.

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