C. braunsiana

Friese 1911

Taxon referenced in page Mellittidae - Capicola
Author(s) : Denis Michez
Diagnosis.
Female/male. Integument mostly black, ventral surface of antennal flagellum reddish-black, tarsi 2-3 and Tb3 orangish. Head (including eyes) as wide as long. Labial palpus longer than glossa, as long as maxillary palpus and galea. Outer surface of galea mat and sculptured. Clypeus nearly hairless, about twice as wide as long, without median groove, sparsely punctate (i>3d). Mesoscutum densely and finely punctate (iFemale. L=8.4mm. Compound eyes parallel. Mesoscutum and scutellum with short appressed hairs. Spurs of Tb2 with 4-6 large, outstanding spines. T1-T3 black and mat. T1-T4 with continuous, white apical fringe. Prepygidial fimbria white to very pale brown. Pp with a pair of median subparallel carinae, area between carinae and lateral to them concave.
Male. L=7.2mm. Eyes not enlarged. Antennae ventrally reddish, dorsally brownish. Scutellum mat, densely punctate (i

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