seitzi

Alfken 1927

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Femelle/male. Glossa shorter than maxillary palpus. Outer surface of galea shiny. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum densely punctate (iFemelle. L=12.9mm. Clypeus smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle rugose. Legs 1-3 with yellow hair. T2-T4 with continuous dense, yellow to whitish, apical hair bands, lateral hairs longer than median hairs. Prepygidial fimbria mostly black, white laterally. Pp with median elevated area.
Male. L=11.1mm. A3 shorter than A4. A4-A12 cylindrical. Face with white to reddish hair, black lateral fringe. Bt3 twice as wide as mediotarsus 3. Terga without apical hair bands. Disc of T4-T6 with white hair laterally. S4-S5 with emarginated, distal margins. S6 with apical hairs brown, longer laterally, distal edge concave. Apicolateral process of S7 rounded. Column of S8 with long, bushy, hair laterally. Apical plate of S8 oval. Gonostylus and digitus rounded apically.

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