Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9 Melitta americana, female, face Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Bee species Melitta Links Hosts 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9 Melitta americana, female, side Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9 Melitta americana, female, top Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9 Melitta americana, female, wing © Copyright Laurence Packer 2014 · 7 Melitta americana FEM CFP comp © Copyright Laurence Packer 2014 · 7 Melitta americana MALE CFP comp © Copyright John Ascher, 2006-2014 · 6 Melitta americana, American Melitta © Copyright Micheal Veit 2010 · 6 Melitta americana Michael Veit · 6 Melitta americana, f on Vaccinium -- Michael Veit · 6 Melitta americana, f on Vaccinium -- Michael Veit · 6 Melitta americana, f on Vaccinium -- © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Melitta americana, M, Back, North Carolina, Moore County-Recovered © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Melitta americana, M, Face, North Carolina, Moore County © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Melitta americana, M, Side, North Carolina, Moore County © Copyright source/photographer · 5 Melitta americana, F, Face, North Carolina, Moore County 40 thumbnails  •  slide show Identification Cilissa americana, Smith, 1853 Can. Emt. Nat. Hist. P. 123 Female. Length 5 inches. —Black, the face thinly covered with griseous pubescence; the clypeus is minutely punctured, interspersed with larger punctures•, and has a longitudinal smooth line, the flagellum of the antenna rufo-testaeeous beneath. Thorax, the disk closely covered with shallow punctures, and clothed with ochraceous pubescence, at the sides and beneath it is pale; wings subhyaline, the tegulae and nervures rnfo-test.a. ceons, the legs beneath fringed with pale hnirg, on the scopa above it is pale fuscous, apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen closely punctured, margins of the segments testaceous and having a fascia of pale pubescence; the anal fimbria fuscous. Names Scientific source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist, Ascher and Pickering. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation Hosts · map Family Scientific name @ source (records) Ericaceae   Vaccinium macrocarpon @ I_JSA (1) Vaccinium sp @ BBSL (5) Vaccinium stamineum @ AMNH_BEE (2) Vaccinium @ AMNH_BEE (17) go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-25 22:18:45 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation