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Extracted from: Charles Robertson (1900). Some Illinois Bees. Trans. Acad. Sci. Of st. Louis.
Female. Black, flagellum, labrum, mandibles, tegulae, tibiae, tarsi and abdomen red; mandibles dark at tips, with a dentiform angle; head broader than thorax; face closely and rather finely punctured, the clypeus with more sparse and more coarse punctures; lllesonotulll with median impressed line, roughened and indistinctly punctured in front, the disc shining, somewhat metallic, punctures more distinct; metathorax shining, coarsely reticulated, with a semicircular inclosure above; wings subhyalin, nervures and stigma fuscous; second submarginal cell narrow; first recurrent uervure uniting with second transverse cubital; abdomen shining, almost impunctate, fifth segment blackish. Length 7 mm.
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, becoming somewhat piceous posteriorly; head much broader
than long; eyes slightly convergent below; clypeus short and broad, slightly convex; labrum
broadly rounded, nearly as long as broad,
testaceous apically, somewhat darkened at extreme base; mandibles with an inner, subapical tooth, reddish-testaceous; antennae
brownish-testaceous, basal segment of flagellum much broader than long, segment 2 also
broader than long, length and breadth of the
following segments subequal; lateral ocelli
slightly nearer each other than to eyes; face
below ocelli deeply and distinctly punctate,
punctures rather close, those below antennae
becoming very minute and more or less obscured by tomentum, supraclypeal area very
finely and rather closely punctate, clypeus
with somewhat more coarse, deep, distinct and
evenly distributed punctures; vertex between
eyes and ocelli somewhat shining, minutely
punctate, becoming dull and obscurely striate
along posterior margin and on cheeks; wings
subhyaline, with two or three submarginal
cells, veins and stigma brownish-testaceous;
tegulae testaceous-hyaline; scutum and scutellum rather dull, punctures quite deep and
distinct, well separated over posterior half
of scutum, but disc becoming finely rugose
anteriorly, scutellum closely punctate across
anterior half, otherwise quite sparsely and irregularly punctate; pleura coarsely reticulate;
dorsal area of propodeum coarsely and com- pletely striate, lateral faces obscurely striate,
posterior face coarsely reticulate; legs brownish-ferruginous, becoming somewhat more testaceous apically; abdominal terga smooth and
shining, basal tergum practically impunctate,
tergum 2 very finely and closely punctate laterally toward base, these becoming somewhat
more widely separated medially, 3 and 4 with
very minute and obscure but rather close
punctures over most of disc, apical margins
of all terga yellowish-hyaline and impunctate.
DISTRIBUTION-Illinois to Virginia
and North Carolina; July to September
FLOWER RECORDS-Robertson (1929)
records pimpinellae on Eupatorium and
Taenidia. It seems likely that the type
specimen was collected on Pimpinella, but
no records f o r t h a t plant are given in Robertson's "Flowers and Insects."
Reprinted with permission from: Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.
In this excerpt, Sphecodes pimpinella is referred to as the now synonymized Sphecodes wheeleri.
FEMALE-Length 6 mm.; head and thorax
black, abdomen ferruginous, becoming pice- ous apically; head much broader than long;
eyes slightly convergent below; clypeus broad
and rather short, slightly convex; labrum
broadly rounded, dark reddish-ferruginous apically, more or less blackened basally; mandibles entirely simple, brownish-testaceous, more or less piceous at tips; antennae blackened
basally, flagella brownish-ferruginous, basal
segment shorter than broad, subequal to pedicel, the 2nd similar to the first, 3rd and following segments about as broad as long; lateral ocelli very slightly nearer to each other
than to eyes; face below ocelli somewhat shining, punctures deep and distinct, quite close
but not crowded, becoming very fine and rather
obscure below, those on supraclypeal area quite
close, deep and rather coarse, those on clypeus
more widely separated but deep and distinct;
vertex between eyes and ocelli shining, becoming obscurely and finely striate along hind
margin and on cheeks below; wings subhyaline, with but two submarginal cells, veins and
stigma brownish-piceous; tegulae testaceoushyaline; lqgs brownish.ferruginous basally,
tibiae more or less testaceous medially and the
tarsi becoming testaceous apically; scutum
and scutellum rather dull, punctures deep and
distinct, well separated over posterior half of
scutum but becoming very close and obscure,
more rugoso-punctate anteriorly; scutellum
slightly grooved medially, punctures more ob- scure but well separated, becoming quite close
laterally; pleura coarsely reticulate; dorsal area of propodeum coarsely, completely and
regularly striate, lateral faces rather finely
and irregularly striate, posterior face very
coarsely reticulate; abdominal terga shining,
basal tergum practically impunctate, 2nd and
3rd with exceedingly minute punctures, these
rather close laterally, somewhat more widely
separated but more minute and indistinct
medially, apical margins of all terga very
broadly yellowish-hyaline and impunctate.
MALE-Length 5-6 mm.; head and thorax
black, and abdomen largely or entirely black;
head considerably broader than long; eyes
rather strongly convergent below; clypeus only
slightly convex; mandibles brownish-testaceous, with tip slightly reddened, base more or less piceous; antennae dark basally, flagellum more or less brownish-piceous, segments barely
as long as they are broad, basal segment slightly shorter; lateral ocelli very slightly nearer to each other than to eyes; lower portion of
face laterally obscured by dense, pale tomentum, but clypeus and supraclypeal area partially exposed, punctures fine and rather close,
those on supraclypeal area somewhat coarser
than on clypeus, upper portion of face rather
dull, punctures quite deep and distinct, ra- ther fine and very close, becoming rather
sparse on the shining vertex between eyes and
ocelli, hind margin becoming obscurely transversely striate, cheeks somewhat shining above,
becoming finely striate posteriorly and below,
but lower surface relatively smooth; wings
subhyaline, with but two submarginal cells,
wins yellowish-testaceous, stigma somewhat more brownish-testaceous; tegulae yellowishhyaline; legs piceous basally, tarsi somewhat more yellowish; scutum rather dull, anterior
half obscurely and shallowly rugoso-punctate,
becoming somewhat smoother posteriorly,
where the punctures are distinct but rather
fine, quite sparse except along hind border,
those on scutellum rather fine and shallow,
quite sparse except at extreme sides; pleura
coarsely reticulate; dorsal area of propodeum
completely and quite coarsely and regularly
striate, lateral faces finely striate anteriorly,
becoming coarsely reticulate posteriorly, and
posterior face coarsely reticulate; abdominal
terga smooth and shining, basal tergum with
scattered, exceedingly minute, sparse punctures, terga 2 and 3 very finely and rather
closely punctate over most of disc, becoming
slightly more sparse toward the rather broad,
entirely impunctate, impressed, apical margin
which is more or less testaceous along rim;
gonostyli (fig. 117) rather short, compressed on each side of a median carina, the inner
side angulate medially, outer side broadly
spatulate apically, only slightly exceeding
penis valves; gonocoxites densely tomentose on
lower surf ace.
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