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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.
Black, head and thorax cloeely end deeply
punctured; aides of the face, narrowed above but not quite reaching the
summit of eyes, spot on vertex beneath ocelli, clypeus except two black dota,
spot above, labrum, mandibles except tipe, posterior ?rbita, scape beneath,
collar, lateral margin of mesothorax dilated anteriorly, two short lines on
disk, tubercle?, large mark on pleura, ?eutellums, large angular mark on each
eide of metathorax, and tegula, all lemon-yellow: flagellant ferruginous at
base and beneath, second and third joint? subequal, the second slightly longer;
wings dusky, darker at apex; legs yellow, coxa, femora and tibia behind
more or less black; abdomen very minutely punctured, lemon-yellow, basal
half of first segment and basal margin of remaining ??gaient?, black. Length
.50 inch.
Hab.?California. (Henry Edwards). One specimen. This fine
species closely resembles *u?>erba Cress., bot is quite distinct
In giving the relative lengths of the third and fourth joints of
antennas, (second and third of flagellum), the view is always taken
from beneath, the greatest difference being generally noticeable in
the males.
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Tergites and sternites of abdomen almost entirely yellow in males and females; Females have noticeable upright black hairs scattered across T5 and along the rim of T4
Extracted from Western Bees obtained by the American Museum Expeditions by Cockerell (1921).
IDAHO: 1, Victor, apout 63?0 ft. alt., vegetation of aspens, roses, etc., July
11, 1920.
This is a member of the Pacific Coast fauna, extending inlancl to
Idaho. The same is true of the next species, lV: c£irina. The Californian
N. coquilletti Cockerell also reaches Idaho.
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Updated: 2024-04-18 12:16:36 gmt
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