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Sphecodes prosphorus Lovell and Cockerell, 1907
Life   Insecta   Hymenoptera   Apoidea   Halictidae   Sphecodes
Subgenus: None

Sphecodes prosphorus, face
Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9
Sphecodes prosphorus, face

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Sphecodes prosphorus, side
Smithsonian Institution, Entomology Department · 9
Sphecodes prosphorus, side
Sphecodes prosphorus, top
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Sphecodes prosphorus, top

Sphecodes prosphorus, wing
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Sphecodes prosphorus, wing
Sphecodes prosphorus FEM CFP comp
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Sphecodes prosphorus FEM CFP comp

Sphecodes prosphorus MALE CFP f
© Copyright Laurence Packer 2014 · 7
Sphecodes prosphorus MALE CFP f
Overview
Female holotype seen by Droege. Dorsal edge of hind tibia with about 9-10 reddish tinged setae these relatively straight and about two-thirds the length of the surrounding hairs. Mound on mesepisternum below base of front wing reticulated. A strong and clear ridge present that runs at an oblique angle below humeral ridge. Clypeus with a hint of a depressed longitudinal sulcus or line down the middle.

Identification
Extracted from: Mitchell, T. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States, I. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 1-191.

FEMALE-Length 8-9 mm.; head and tho- rax black, abdomen dark ferruginous basally, otherwise strongly suffused with piceous or black; head much broader than long; eyes very slightly convergent below; clypeus broadly convex; labrum subtriangular, apex narrowly truncate, dark; mandibles with a robust, inner, subapical tooth, reddish medially and apically, black at base; antennae blackish at base, becoming more piceous apically, basal segments of flagellum slightly broader than long, the more apical segments becoming about as long as broad; lateral ocelli somewhat nearer each other than to eyes; face below ocelli rather dull, punctures deep, coarse, quite close in general, becoming somewhat more shallow and indistinct below, supraclypeal area somewhat protuberant, quite coarsely and closely punctate, shining between punctures, those of clypeus coarse and deep, well separated over cen- tral area but hardly sparse; vertex between eyes and ocelli quite closely and deeply punctate, posterior margin becoming coarsely striate, cheeks coarsely striate abow, becoming quite smooth on lower surface but this rather dull; wings lightly infuscated, with the usual three submarginal cells, veins and stigma brownish-testaceous; tegulae yellowish-hyaline; legs piceous basally, becomillg more or less brownish on tibiae and tarsi; scutum and scu- tellum shining, punctures coarse and deep, well separated over most of scutum, being only slightly closer between notaulices and tegulae, those on scutellum irregular and quite sparse; pleura coarsely reticulate throughout; dorsal area of propodeum completely and coarsely rugoso-striate, lateral faces coarsely reticulate except along anterior portion, which is finely subrugose and dull, posterior face very coarsely reticulate; abdominal terga smooth and shining, basal tergum nearly impunctate, terga 2 and 3 very finely and rather closely punctate across base, becoming very sparsely punctab toward apical impressed area, this rather broad, entirely impunctate, in large part concolorus with remainder of disc.

MALE-Length 6-7 mm.; head and thorax black, abdomen ferruginous basally, becoming black apically; head considerably broader than long; eyes slightly convergent below; clypeus broadly convex; mandibles black basally, becoming somewhat reddish apically; antennae black, scape very short, basal segment of flagellum nearly as long as broad, 2nd about twice this length, 3rd and following segments with basal, densely pilose facets which occupy nearly the entire ventral surface, especially on the more apical segments; lateral ocelli subequally distant from eyes and each other; lower portion of face obscured by dense, white pubescence, but clypeus partially exposed, the punctures rather fine, very close and quite deep, area above antennae dull, punctures coarse, close and crowded, becoming somewhat more distinctly separated on vertex between eyes and ocelli, hind margin becoming transversely rugoso-striate; cheeks reticulate above, becoming more distinctly striate below, with only a very small portion of ventral surface smooth and shining; wings subhyaline, with the usual three submarginal cells, veins testaceous, stigma more brownish-testaceous; tegulae yellowish-hyaline; legs piceous, tarsi more or less brownish-testaceous; scutum and scutellum shining between coarse and deep punctures, these separated by about a puncture width over most of scutum, becoming closer along narrow anterior margin, those on scutellum close and somewhat finer along anterior margin, becoming coarser and more widely separated posteriorly; pleura very coarsely reticulate; dorsal area of propodeum coarsely reticulate medially, becoming more regularly striate laterally, lateral faces irregularly striate anteriorly, becoming coarsely reticulate posteriorly, posterior face coarsely reticulate; abdominal terga smooth and somewhat shining, punctures rather fine but deep and distinct, rather close across median portion of basal tergum, very close basally on terga 2 and 3, becoming relatively sparse apically, apical margins of all terga only very slightly depressed, entirely impunctate, in general concolorus with remainder of discs; gonostyli (fig. 117) somewhat exceeding tips of penis valves, rather robust, strongly compressed, inner surface rather markedly concave, the tip narrowly and acutely produced, bearing a few inconspicuous setae, and with a broad submembranous inner lobe.

DISTRIBUTION-Minnesota to Nova Scotia, south to North Carolina; May to September.

FLOWER RECORDS-Barbarea, Chrysanthemum, Fagopyrum and Rubus.


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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Adoxaceae  Viburnum lentago @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Asteraceae  Taraxacum campylodes @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Fabaceae  Trifolium @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Rosaceae  Spiraea salicifolia @ AMNH_BEE (1)

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