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Extracted from: Mitchell, T. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States, I. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 1-191.
FEMALE-Length 6 mm.; head and thorax
black, abdomen ferruginous basally, apical
half blackish; head considerably broader than
long; eyes very slightly convergent below;
clypeus broadly and evenly convex; labrum
broadly subtriangular, the apex very narrowly
rounded, dull ferruginous ; mandibles with a
distinct, inner subapical tooth, dull ferruginous, somewhat darker at base; antennae
dark, becoming somewhat more brownish-piceous apically, 1st and 2nd segments considerably broader than long, the 3rd and following
segments with length and breadth subequal;
lateral ocelli slightly nearer to each other than
to eyes; face below ocelli somewhat shining,
punctures rather coarse, deep and distinct,
rather close but slightly separated over median area, those below obscured by the rather dense
pubescence, supraclypeal area very slightly
elevated and dull, punctures rather close, shallow, those on clypeus much more sparse, rather coarse, deep and irregular; vertex somewhat
shining between eyes and ocselli, punctures
rather deep and distinct, well separated but
hardly sparse, hind margin becoming irregularly rugoso-striate, cheeks above dull, very
finely striate, becoming quite smooth and
somewhat shining below; wings subhyaline,
with the usual three submarginal cells, veins
rather pale kstaceous, the stigma more brownish-testaceous; tegulae testaceous-hyaline; legs
brownish-piceous, becoming somewhat paler
apically; scutum and scutellum somewhat shining, punctures rather coarse, deep and distinct,
well separated over central area of scutum,
becoming much finer and quite close between
notaulices and tegulae, and rather finely rugoso-punctate along anterior margin, scutellum with a faint, median impression, punctures very sparse except narrowly around
margin; pleura rather coarsely reticulate, the
hypoepimeral area more finely so, quite dull;
dorsal area of propodeum coarsely, completely
and rather irregularly striate, lateral faces
finely rugoso-striate, posterior face coarsely
reticulate; abdominal terga smooth and shining, basal segment impunctate, tergum 2 with
very fine but rather distinct and close punctures narrowly across base, becoming very
sparse apically, 3 and 4 much more fully and
closely punctate, apical margins of all terga
rather broadly impressed, impunctate, yellowish-hyaline.
MALE-Length 6-8 mm.; entirely black;
head slightly broader than long; eyes very
slightly convergent below; clypeus rather
strongly convex; mandibles black, becoming
somewhat ferruginous at tip; antennae black
basally, flagellum more piceous beneath, basal
segment much broader than long, 2nd and following segments about as long as broad; lateral ocelli subequally distant from eyes and
each other; lower portion of face only thinly
pale pubescence, surface not entirely obscured,
punctures deep and distinct, rather fine between antennae and eyes, rather close and
deep on supraclypeal area, those on clypeus
somewhat more coarse, well separated but not
sparse except at extreme sides where they are
fine and very close, upper portion of face dull,
punctures deep and distinct, closely crowded,
becoming more distinctly separated on vertex
between eyes and ocelli, hind margin obscurely
substriate; cheeks rather dull, substriate
above, becoming somewhat more definitely
striate below, lower surface rather smooth but
dull; wings hyaline basally, becoming lightly
infuscated apically, with the usual three submarginal cells, veins and stigma brownishtestaceous; tegulae yellowish-hyaline; legs
brownish-piceous, only the apical tarsal segments becoming more brownish-testaceous;
scutum and scutell~zm rather dull, punctures coarse and deep, very close throughout, scutum with a median, anterior sulcus, and scutellum with a rather deep impression, punctures crowded in large part; pleura rather
coarsely reticulate; dorsal area of propodeum
completely and coarsely rugoso-striate, lateral
faces substriate anteriorly, becoming coarsely
reticulate posteriorly, and posterior face
coarsely reticulate; abdominal terga smooth
and shining, basal tergum with only a few
widely scattered, minute and obscure punctures, otherwise polished, terga 2 and 3 closely
and finely punctate basally, punctures becoming somewhat more sparse apically, apical impressed areas quite broad, entirely impunctate,
concolorous with remainder of discs; gonocoxites (fig. 117) abruptly truncate apically,
lower apical angle quite acute, gonostyli only
slightly exceeding tips of penis valves, short
and slender, slightly dilated apically, and with
an inconspicuous, apical projection which
bears a few inconspicuous setae, (similar to
davisii, fig. 117).
DISTRIBUTION-New Hampshire and
Vermont, south to Virginia; August and
September.
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