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Reprinted with permission from: Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.
FEMALE-Length 12 mm.; length of face slightly greater than distance between eyes; eyes subparallel; length of malar space about half width of mandibles at base; antennae piceous, median segments about as broad as long, basal segment slightly longer, 2nd segment about half as long; lateral ocelli slightly
nearer margin of vertex than to eyes; cheeks subequal to eyes in width; median area of clypeus rather flat, sparsely, shallowly and rather obscurely punctate, surface dull; mandibles reaching slightly beyond midline of face, with an obscure, inner, subapical tooth; pubescence
of head rather thin, pale ochraceous, becoming somewhat whitish on cheeks, that on
thorax deeper ochraceous, scutum with a broad patch of fuscous; punctures of scutum quite
shallow, rather close anteriorly but becoming quite sparse in center of disc posteriorly; scutellum
largely impunctate anteriorly, with a few rather close, coarse and shallow punctures
posteriorly; pleura dull, densely tessellate, with numerous shallow but rather close punctures;
posterior face of propodeum dull, tessellate, shallowly punctate, becoming somewhat shining
laterally, dorsal triangle irregularly and rather finely striate, lateral faces largely bare,
posterior and upper faces long pubescent, forming a somewhat obscure propodeal corbicula;
wings subhyaline, veins and stigma testaceous; tegulae brownish-piceous; legs piceous,
rather copiously covered with ochraceous pubescence, hind tibia1 scopa rather short and
thin, hairs entirely simple; spurs yellowish; basal abdominal tergum somewhat shining,
punctures very fine but quite sparse, becoming somewhat closer at extreme sides, punctures
of the following segments closer but more minute, hardly visible; apical margins of terga
2-4 with rather narrow, nearly entire, white fasciae, margin slightly yellowish beneath;
discal pubescence of segments 1-3 very short, erect, entirely pale, that on 4 blackish and
slightly longer, that on 5 considerably longer, with a blackish apical fimbria; tergum 6
with a conspicuous pygidial area fringed with dense, fuscous pubescence.
MALE-Length 10 mm.; face slightly longer than distance between eyes; eyes subparallel;
malar space very short, barely evident; antennae piceous, median segments about twice
as long as broad, basal segment of flagellum somewhat shorter, more blackish; lateral ocelli
slightly nearer margin of vertex than to eyes; cheeks slightly narrower than eyes; clypeus
densely pubescent, surface beneath pubescence very finely and rather closely punctate above,
becoming shining and impunctate toward apical margin; mandibles rather slender, reaching
slightly beyond midline of face, distinctly bidentate apically; pubescence of entire head
and thorax pale ochraceous above, becoming somewhat more whitish on thorax below and
to a lesser degree on cheeks; scutum rather dull, punctures close but quite shallow, those
on scutellum becoming crowded and obscure posteriorly; pleura dull, densely tessellate, very
shallowly and rather closely punctate; lateral faces of propodeum somewhat shining along
anterior margin, becoming dull posteriorly, posterior face dull, densely tessellate and obscurely
punctate, dorsal triangle very finely granular and dull; wings faintly brownish,
veins and stigma testaceous tegulae yellowish-hyaline; legs blackish basally, becoming
more testaceous on the apical tarsal segments, pubescence entirely pale; spurs pale yellow;
abdominal terga somewhat shining between the close and rather indistinct punctures, these
rather coarse and quite close on basal tergum, becoming more minute and obscure on the more apical segments; apical margins of terga with thin, subentire, white, apical fasciae, margins whitish-hyaline beneath: discal pubescence short, entirely pale on segments 1-3, somewhat longer on 1, dark on segments 4-6, becoming slightly more elongate on the more apical segments; gonostyli of genital armature with
a lateral angle, tips entire.
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