Diagnosis.
Femelle/male. Outer surface of galea sculptured and shiny. Malar area shorter than A2. Scutum smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle with granular sculpture. Metasoma black.
Femelle. L=13.5mm. Mesonotum and mesoscutum with sparse punctures (i>d), smooth between punctures. Legs with yellow to brown hairs. Lateral parts of terga and sterna covered with long, pale hair. T2-T4 with narrow, white, apical hair bands. Prepygidial fimbria mostly black, with a few yellowish hairs laterally. Pp with weak elevated median area.
Male. L=12.3mm. Face without narrow, black, lateral fringe. A4-A13 cylindrical. A3 as long as A4. Bt3 twice as wide as mediotarsus 3. T1-T4 with white, apical hair bands. S6 with bushy, dark hair laterally. S7 with apicolateral process blade shaped. S8 nearly hairless. Apical plate on S8 flat, 3X as wide as long. Gonostylus straight ventrally, pointed apically.

!! remark: Michez & Eardley (2007) made a mistake naming this species Melitta udmurtiaca.