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Holcopasites arizonicus (Linsley, 1942)
Neopasites (Odontopasites) arizonicus Linsley, 1942; Holcopasites (Trichopasites) arizonicus (Linsley, 1942)

Life   Insecta   Hymenoptera   Apoidea   Apidae   Holcopasites
Subgenus: None

Holcopasites arizonicus, female, abdomen, dorsal
Hurd and Linsley, 1972 · 1
Holcopasites arizonicus, female, abdomen, dorsal

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The following is a reprint from
Parasitic Bees of the Genus Holcopasites Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) by paul D. Hurd, Jr. and E. Gorton Linsley from Smitsonian Contributions to Zoology # 114
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by: Linsley

FEMALE.—Head and thorax black, metasoma red or chiefly so, terga sometimes darkened medially; antennae, mandibles, tegulae, and legs usually reddish or dark mahogany brown; calcaria pale to reddish brown. Vestiture of body chiefly white, mostly closely appressed and forming patches on face about anten-nal insertions, cheeks behind, mcsonotal line, antero¬lateral margins of mesoscutum, mesepisterna, scutel-lum at sides and behind, metanotum and propodeum at sides, legs basally and on metasoma, especially on terga; dorsal surfaces of head, thorax, and metasoma not conspicuously clothed with golden or reddish golden pubescence. Wings faintly violaceous, lightly tinged with brownish beyond closed cells. Length 4-8 mm. Eyes densely clothed with short, erect pubes¬cence; face above antennae closely and coarsely punc¬tate, neither bigibbosely swollen nor largely impunc-tate; antennae with first flagellar segment as long as or slightly longer than combined length of succeeding two segments; anterior and lateral ocelli separated by less than twice their diameters; interocellar distance shorter than ocellorbital distance; rear angle of man¬dible situated behind middle of eye; labrum longitu¬dinally carinate medially, without a thornlike tubercle near base, rather closely punctate on basal half or more, and with restricted impunctate or sparsely shiny areas basally; ventral surface of head rather closely punctate especially adjacent to hypostomal carinae. Mesoscutum rather coarsely and nearly rugosopunc-tate throughout; scutellum entire or at most only weakly indented medially on posterior dorsal surface, not prominently bilobed and strongly elevated posteri¬orly; metanotum produced postcrolaterally into prom¬inent posteriorly projected shelflike processes; mesepi-sternum rather coarsely and nearly rugosely punctate dorsally and with a large ring-shaped patch of white pubescence; forewing with second submarginal cell not unusually small, more than one-half as long as first submarginal cell when measured along posterior side; spur of middle leg nearly one-half as long as corresponding basitarsus. Metasomal terga II-IV basally with a transverse band of white pubescence on either side of middle; apical margin of tergum IV with a short band of white pubescence laterally; pygidial plate truncate apically or very nearly so; fifth metasomal sternum with apical margin entire or only slightly incurved medially.

MALE.—Similar to female in coloration of integu¬ment and vestiture. Length 4-8 mm. Eyes as densely hairy as in female; face as in female; antennae with first flagellar segment at least equaling combined length of succeeding two segments; ocelli and rear angle of mandible situated as in female; labrum essentially as in female; ventral surface of head rather closely and uniformly punctate, without large and impunctate shiny areas adjacent to hypostomal carinae. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepi-sternum, and wings as in female; tegulae impunctate and shining laterally. Metasomal terga II-V basally with a transverse band of white pubescence on either side of middle; apical margin of tergum IV with only a short band or spot of white pubescence laterally; apical margin of tergum V usually with a nearly complete transverse band of white pubescence; basin of metasoma not sharply defined, punctured at least at sides; apical margin of sixth metasomal tergum feebly bisinuate in outline, without a median tri¬angular projection; seventh metasomal tergum with lateral margins, as seen from above, nearly right angled on either side of pygidial plate; pygidial plate more than twice as long as maximum basal width, nearly parallel sided, essentially liguliform in outline.

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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Apiaceae  Daucus carota @ BBSL (1)
Asteraceae  Baileya @ AMNH_BEE (4)

Heterotheca @ AMNH_BEE (2)
_  Withheld @ BBSL (3)

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