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Melissodes perlusus Cockerell, 1925
Melissodes semiagilis perlusa Cockerell, 1925; Melissodes (Eumelissodes) perlusa Cockerell, 1925

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Subgenus: Eumelissodes


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Identification
Extracted from: Melissodes semiagilis perlusa Cockerell Am. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(16). p. 231

Appears as Melissodes semiagilis perlusa in this excerpt.

Male.—Compared with typical M. semiagilis differs thus;-- Clypeus paler yellow; third antennal joint a little longer; hair of scutellum fulvous, contrasting with the paler or white hair of mesothorax; hind knee-plate black (red in type of semiagilis); hair on outer side of hind basitarsi much shorter; abdominal segments 1 to 3 without red before hyaline margins.


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