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<bibRefCitationid="C53FD852B474E328F6498904F383E079"author="Bohart, RM"journalOrPublisher="University of California Press"pageId="69"pageNumber="70"title="Sphecid wasps of the world: a generic revision"year="1976">Bohart and Menke (1976</bibRefCitation>
<paragraphid="C0619C18D0342951D39D88E0F8B97220"pageId="43"pageNumber="44">AUSTRALIA:QLD: Claudie River near Mount Lamond, 1♂, 02.06.1966, D. K. McAlpine (AMS); 1 mile NE of Mount Lamond, 1♀, 26.12.1971, D. K. McAlpine, G. A. Holloway, D. P. Sands (AMS); 4 miles W of Mount Lamond, 3♀, 2♂, 12.01.1972, D. K. McAlpine & G. A. Holloway (AMS), 1♂, 13.01.1972, D. K. McAlpine & G. A. Holloway (AMS).</paragraph>
<paragraphid="0D3B047619456FA98BA39A41FB76E5D4"pageId="43"pageNumber="44">The collecting localities are shown in Fig. 35B.</paragraph>
by the color of its legs, which are orange from the distal half of the femur up to but excluding the claws, while the remaining parts are black or dark brown (sometimes, tarsomeres V are also black). As opposed to other species with orange legs, the metasoma and scutellum of
, carries two prominent lobes that are visible from above. Unlike these two species, where the lobes are the only visible part of sternum VIII and mostly straight, the lobes of
Body black, but the following are orange: distal part of forefemur, mid- and hindfemora at least below; tibiae, tarsi, and proximal half of claw. Forewing membrane yellow near base, fore- and hindwings with fuscous band at apex. Wing veins brown. Clypeus with narrow medial glabrous stripe. Distance between hind- ocelli 0.7
their shortest distance to compound eyes. Pubescence on collar and scutum golden, on scutum denser laterally than medially. Scutellum convex, with medial impression. Propodeal enclosure with long, somewhat dense, golden setae; sculpture not completely concealed.
Female: Body length 27.2-31.2 mm. Forebasitarsal rake with eight long spines. Appressed pubescence and erect setae on clypeus and frons golden. Free clypeal margin medially with indistinct emarginations and an indentation directly above, distance between
Male: Body length 34.4-43.6 mm. Metasomal sternum VIII orange. Appressed pubescence and erect setae on clypeus and frons silvery-white. A single lobe emerging medially and slightly posteriorly from free clypeal margin. Length of petiole 1.6
the length of flagellomere II. Tomentum golden, very dense on metasomal tergum I where it is also interspersed with dense, long, erect golden setae, moderately dense on tergum II. Metasomal terga V and VI with long, golden setae facing posteriorly, especially at apical margin. Metasomal sterna mostly glabrous, several long golden setae laterally on sterna
was not examined because the character combination in the original description (black body, golden pubescence on clypeus and propodeum, partially ferruginous legs) is sufficient to unambiguously identifiy this species.
