Adalbert Goertz · 1
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Overview |
Reprinted from: Cresson, E.T., 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.7:73.
Ferruginous; head and thorax very densely
punctured; sides of face, collar, tubercles, tegula, scutellums, spot on each
aide of metathorax, and large irregular longitudinal mark on pleura, pale
yellow; tips of mandibles black; second and third joints of flagellum sub
equal, the second slightly longer; wings hyaline, dusky at apex; legs pale
ferruginous, spot on coxa and knees yellow; abdomen dull ferruginous, an
interrupted band on first segment a band on the second, third and fourth
segments, narrowed in the middle, that on second broadest, and the fifth
segment entirely, yellow; venter banded with yellow. Length .40 inch.
%.?Marked similar to 9 out brighter in color; sides of face, clypeus, spot
above, orbits, clypeus, labrum, and mandibles except tips, yellow; scape short,
broadly dilated, almost globose, second joint of flagellum much longer than
third; spot behind antenna, spot connecting ocelli, and spot at base of meta
thorax black; the yellow on scutellum is generally divided into two spots by
a narrow ferruginous line; abdomen with six yellow bands and the venter
banded and spotted with yellow; the bead above antenna, the flagellum except
base and the mesothorax sometimes varies to black instead of ferruginous, and
in two specimens from Kansas the prevailing color of both thorax and abdomen
is black. Length .45 inch.
Hab.?Colorado; Kansas, (Ridings). Six specimens. The o of
this species is readily distinguished by the short dilated scape.
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Identification |
Extracted from Western Bees obtained by the American Museum Expeditions by Cockerell (1921).
COLORADO: Wray, about 3700 ft. alt., in more xerophytic places than
were vincta, the female at Helianthus, August 18, 1919; Boulder, about 5500 ft.
alt., in town, August 8, 1919.
Extends southward to the White Mountains of New Mexico.
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Updated: 2024-04-26 02:18:36 gmt
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