aegyptiaca

(Radoszkowski 1891)

Taxon referenced in page Melittidae - Melitta
Author(s) : D. Michez
Diagnosis.
Female and male. Labial palpus as long as glossa. Maxillary palpus as long as galea. Outer surface of galea sculptured and mat. Malar area shorter to longer than A2.
Female. L=12.5mm. Entire clypeus sparsely punctate (i>2d), smooth between punctures. Face with whitish hair, vertex slightly about upper extreme of eye. Scutum with reddish hair, posterior region mostly mat, sometimes smooth between punctures. Anterior part of scutellum smooth between punctures. Propodeal triangle as wide as metanotum, finely sculptured like entire propodeum. Scopa with reddish to black hair. T1 mostly orange, T2-T3 sometimes partly orange, T2-T4 with continuous, white apical hair bands, as long as marginal zone (fig. 163). Disc of T3-T4 with a few, short, black hairs. Prepygidial fimbria black, mostly with a few, lateral, white hairs. Pp flat. Sterna with long sparse whitish to brownish apical hairs.

Male. L=10.5mm. Entire clypeus densely punctate (i

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