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Hesperapis fuchsi (Viereck, 1909)
Panurgomia fuchsi Viereck, 1909; Hesperapis nitidulus Cockerell, 1916, synonymy of Stage, unpublished dissertation; Hesperapis nitidula Cockerell, 1916, corrected termination; Hesperapis semirudis Cockerell, 1910, synonymy of Stage, unpublished dissertation; Hesperapis wilmattae Cockerell, 1933, synonymy of Stage, unpublished dissertation

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Subgenus: Panurgomia


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Dolichochile Viereck, 1909 roc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 11, p. 50


Panurgomia fuchsi, new species.


Female 10 mm. long.


Head with the ocular distance slightly greater. than the occipitoclypeal distance, cheeks rounded, somewhat trapezoidal in outline, as viewed from the side, malar space practically wanting, ocelli forming a slightly arcuate row, the lateral ocelli seemingly a little. nearer to each other. than to the nearest eye margin; the third joint of the antenna somewhat shorter than the next two joints combined; beyond the first joint Of the Ragel, the joints are subequal in length, ranging from slightly wider than long to slightly longer than wide, except the apical joint, which is about one and one-half times as long as the joint preceding the same; mandibles simple, except for a rounded tooth on the inner margin about halfway between the middle and the apex of the mandible; clypeus smooth and shining, with a few scattered punctures; labrum round and shining, front and cheeks mostly shining and sparsely punctured. Thorax with the dorsum shining and covered with short felt-like hair, excepting the postscutcl, which is dull and provided with long hairs, and the metanotum, which is mostly dull and bare, being finely granular; posterior tibia and third metatarsus provided with a scopa composed of stiff, simple hairs, most of which are distinctly longer than the widest part of the posterior tibia. Abdomen very closely punctured, or rather indistinctly so, and shining, the dorsal segments indistinctly suppressed, the second dorsal segment being depieSsed one-fourth the distance from the apex, or less than one fourth; pygidium dull, indistinctly sculptured and spatulate in outline. Tegument mostly black. greater pan of flagel brown, most of the mandibles and mouth parts castaneous; costa, and stigma testaceous, rest of the veins translucent brownish; tarsi, and stigma testaccous, rest of the veins translucent brownish: tarsi more or less dark brown, the apex of the first, second, and third dorsal-abdominal segments yellowish, preceded by a Mack hand which in turn is by a reddish-brown band; the depressed portion Of the fourth dorsal segment and the apical half of the fifth dorsal segment more or less pate. Pubescence ochreous. sort of brownish nn the dorsatam


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