hispanica

Friese 1900

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Labial palpus as long as glossa, shorter than maxillary palpus. Outer surface of galea shiny and sculptured. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle narrow, mat, rugose, without carina. Metasoma black.
Female. L=13.2mm. Clypeus twice as wide as long, sparsely punctate (i>d), with impunctate median line. Face with white hair. Vertex with black hair. Scutum with black hair centrally, reddish on margins, medio-apex sparsely punctate (i>2d). Central area of scutellum impunctate. Legs 1-3 with white hair. Disc of T2-T4 with a few appressed, short, black hairs. T1-T4 with white hair bands apically, hair longer laterally than medially. Apical hair band on T1 interrupted medially. Apical hair bands on T2-T4 continuous. Prepygidial fimbria black, with a few white hairs laterally. Pp with two lateral grooves.
Male. L=12.2mm. Clypeus densely punctate (i

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