Annals of the South African MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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Forelegs of females are not attenuate and are approximately three - quarters the
length of the body . ... smooth , shiny appearance of the metasomal terga , longer
front legs of the female , and differences in genitalia and sterna 7-8 of males .
Forelegs of females are not attenuate and are approximately three - quarters the
length of the body . ... smooth , shiny appearance of the metasomal terga , longer
front legs of the female , and differences in genitalia and sterna 7-8 of males .
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B. Hind tibia and basitarsus of female ( pubescence removed ) . ... approximately
three - quarters length of body , mean foreleg to body ratio not different from that
of females ( Table 1 ) ; small light brown spur at dorsal apex of tibia of middle leg
...
B. Hind tibia and basitarsus of female ( pubescence removed ) . ... approximately
three - quarters length of body , mean foreleg to body ratio not different from that
of females ( Table 1 ) ; small light brown spur at dorsal apex of tibia of middle leg
...
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... of anterior lobe ( Fig . 3B - C ) ; rest of pubescence as in female except
fimbrium , which is pale straw - coloured . Host flower records Females collect oil
and pollen from Colpias mollis E. Meyer ex Benth . and Hemimeris racemosa (
Houtt . ) ...
... of anterior lobe ( Fig . 3B - C ) ; rest of pubescence as in female except
fimbrium , which is pale straw - coloured . Host flower records Females collect oil
and pollen from Colpias mollis E. Meyer ex Benth . and Hemimeris racemosa (
Houtt . ) ...
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abbreviated ANNALS apical margin author's name authors bands basal base basitarsus becoming body branched hairs Cape Province Cape Town capital coarsely punctured collect covered dark brown dense described distal dorsal extending eye length female figures finely finely branched follow foreleg forewing front given half length head Hester Malan hind tibia Holotype illustrations included inner italics K. E. Steiner Kamieskroon km east km south length letters light brown malar space males material Mean measurements Melittidae Mesosoma metasomal terga middle leg Nature Note ocellus oil-collecting paratypes plate plumose posterior pubescence punctuation punctures punctures shiny ratio Rediviva albifasciata sp references region Reserve rest Sculpture scutellum scutum segment separates Sept side slightly Smith South African Museum south of Springbok species specimens strong surface surface between punctures Table Tarsus third unbranched V. B. Whitehead vein ventral vertex width wing