californica

Viereck 1909

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Outer surface of galea smooth and pointed apically. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle with a median transversal carina. Metasoma black. T2-T4 with sparse, white, apical hair bands.
Female. L=14.5mm. Punctures on upper two-thirds of clypeus deep and distinct, mostly subcontiguous, interspaces smooth. Inner eye margins and vertex with conspicuous blackish hairs. Head and mesosoma with whitish hairs. Prepygidial fimbria white with a few black hairs medially. Pp with lateral grooves.

Male. L=12.5mm. Face with erect, white hairs, and with narrow, black, lateral fringe. A3 shorter than A4. A4-A13 cylindrical. S3-S5 with straight premarginal line. S6 with convex apical margin. S7 with apicolateral process blade-shaped. S8 nearly hairless, with apical area sculptured and mat. Apex of gonostylus curved ventrally. Digitus pointed apically.

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