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Extracted from: Melissodes parosetae Cockerell (1905) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)15, p. 528
Appears as Melissodes parosetae in this excerpt.
Male .—Length about 9 mm.
Antennae very long (about 8.5mm), flagellum bright fulvo-ferruginous beneath; clypeus, labrum, and a large patch on mandibles lemon-yellow; second joint of maxillary palpi swollen, third long and cylindrical, last minute; facial quadrangle longer than broad, narrowing below; hair of face and cheeks white, of vertex and occiput ochraceous; eyes silver-grey with a green tint; hair of mesothorax fulvous; scutellum with much black hair; tegulae dark brown, hairy. Wings almost clear, stigma and nervures dark ferruginous; second submarginal cell large, receiving first recurrent nervure about the beginning of its last fourth. Hair of legs white, orange-fulvous on inner side of tarsi, which are red; abdominal bands creamy white; hair of venter pale. Looks much like a small Male of M. grindeliae, but easily separated by the much longer antennae, red tarsi, &e From M. agilis it is known by the black hair on scutellum, red tarsi, &e.; from M. floris by the longer antennae, wings not yellowish, &e. ; from M. montana by the much smaller size, abdomen less covered with hair, &e.
Hab. Mesilla, New Mexico, at flowers of Parosela scoparia, July 25 (Cockerell).
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