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Extracted from: Cockerell T.D.A, (1913). Description and Records of Bees. - XXVI.
This excerpt uses the now synonymized Megachile Dentipes.
Vachal's description sufficiently indicates this striking
species, with extraordinary anterior tarsi, and the middle
femora sharply toothed beneath in the middle. The following
may be added :-Mandibles with a large red patch; labrum
dull testaccous ; fringe of hair on inner border of anterior
basitarsus appearing black in some positions, but really
largely pale straw-color; anterior coxae with a short band
of red bristles in front; coxal spines long ; greater part of
anterior femora light red.
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