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Nomada belfragei Cresson, 1878
Nomada belfragei var xanthogaster Cockerell, 1911; Nomada (Micronomada) belfragei Cresson, 1878; Nomada (Phelonomada) belfragei Cresson, 1878; Nomada (Phelonomada) xanthogaster Cockerell, 1911

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Reprinted from: Cresson, E.T., 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.7:72.


Form short, unusually robust, ferrugineaa, head strongly, cly|?eus finely, and mesothorax coarsely and confluently pun*? tured; line connecting ocelli and tips of mandibles black; flagellum fuscous above, the second joint of flagellum longer than third; collar, tubercle?, two spots on scutellum and line on postscutellum obscurely yellow; scutellum strongly bilobate; metathorax nearly smooth, with white pubescence laterally: pleura strongly and sparsely punctured; wings fuscous on apical margin; abdomen finely and closely punctured shining, a large ovate spot on each side of first and second segment?, largeet on second, an interrupted band on third and a narrower band on fourth and fifth, yellow ; venter immaculate. Length .40 inch. Hah.?Texas. (G. W. Beifrage). A very distinct species, with an unusually robust form.

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