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1. Mandible bidentate, with inner preapical tooth as well as usual apical tooth (rutellum) (
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). Mesoscutum covered in dense, uniformly golden-yellow hairs (
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). Mesoscutellum without pair of spines or well-defined mammiform tubercles, although mesoscutellum bigibbous to some degree and sometimes with pair of very minute protrusions (
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). Mesotibia with black hairs only (
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). T1T4 without fasciae or with only very faint apical bands of golden-yellow hairs (
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Mandible tridentate, with inner basal tooth as well as inner preapical tooth and usual apical tooth (rutellum) (
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). Mesoscutum with pair of spots or bands (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFC0B2F00641DFDEC" box="[999,1096,602,628]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-220@10.[189,1398,965,1889]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 3. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988). AB, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs 3B</figureCitation>
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). Mesoscutellum with pair of spines or mammiform tubercles (least developed pair shown in
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). Mesotibia dorsally with some off-white or yellow-orange hairs, those of female sparser and usually reduced to small bands or spots (
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); those of male forming patch of very dense off-white, golden-yellow, or yellow-orange hairs, occupying nearly entire dorsal surface (
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). T1T3 with well-defined off-white to golden-yellow or yellow-orange apical fasciae (
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2. Mesoscutum with pair of anterior spots or bands of hairs darker than surrounding off-white or yellow-orange hairs (
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). Mesoscutellum with pair of short, mammiform tubercles (
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). Maxillary palpus with four or five palpomeres (
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Mesoscutum with pair of central spots of off-white or pale to golden-yellow hairs lighter than surrounding black hairs (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFDE2290C623BFBE9" box="[526,622,1110,1137]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-220@10.[189,1398,965,1889]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 3. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988). AB, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs 3B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFD96290D62F8FBE9" box="[634,685,1111,1137]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[189,232,1927,1953]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,983,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-172@25.[189,1398,983,1893]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Brachymelecta haitensis (Michener, 1948). AB. Female (USNM RD-251). A Habitus, lateral view. B Habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (JAG), habitus, lateral view. D. Female (PCYU), axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965976" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965976/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">10B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFD55290D6282FBE9" box="[697,727,1111,1137]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="26.[189,232,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1408,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-437@26.[189,1398,1408,1856]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Fig. 11.FemaleBrachymelecta haitensis (Michener, 1948) taking nectar from flowers of Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens Kunth (Verbenaceae)) (location: Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic). A. Shown with mouthparts extended into corolla. B. Shown with mesoscutellum and metasomal fasciae in view. Images courtesy of L. McDowell Johnson." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965978" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965978/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFB23290C6565FBE9" box="[1231,1328,1110,1137]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-220@10.[189,1398,965,1889]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 3. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988). AB, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs 3D</figureCitation>
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). Maxillary palpus with fewer than four palpomeres (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFC7F292463A9FB01" box="[915,1020,1150,1177]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="28.[189,232,1891,1917]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1407,1852]" captionTargetId="figure-390@28.[189,1398,1407,1856]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="Fig. 12. SEM images of maxillary palpus, lateral view, of male. A. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878) (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A05; PCYU), which distinctly has four palpomeres. B. B. haitensis (Michener, 1948) (BOLD sample ID: CMNTO_037; JAG), which has no distinct articulations beyond its attachment to the rest of the maxilla and thus one palpomere (blue arrow)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965980" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965980/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Fig. 12B</figureCitation>
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3. T3 and T4 each with fascia narrowed or interrupted laterally, mesad the inner pair of anterolateral extensions (
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). Fore wing infuscate apically, subhyaline in most cells and around third submarginal crossvein and second recurrent vein (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFC13284E64D2FAB7" box="[1023,1159,1300,1327]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="14.[189,232,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,894,1801]" captionTargetId="figure-204@14.[189,1398,894,1818]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Fig. 5. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878). A. Female (PCYU PYU-2276), habitus, lateral view. B. Female (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A07; PCYU), habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A11; PCYU), habitus, lateral view. D. Female (PCYU PYU-2391), axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view (blue arrow indicates one of two short, mammiform tubercles of mesoscutellum)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965966" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965966/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Fig. 5AC</figureCitation>
). Head, mesosoma, and metasoma with pale hairs off-white (rarely pale yellow and never orange) (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFB0A28666527FACF" box="[1254,1394,1340,1367]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="14.[189,232,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,894,1801]" captionTargetId="figure-204@14.[189,1398,894,1818]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Fig. 5. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878). A. Female (PCYU PYU-2276), habitus, lateral view. B. Female (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A07; PCYU), habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A11; PCYU), habitus, lateral view. D. Female (PCYU PYU-2391), axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view (blue arrow indicates one of two short, mammiform tubercles of mesoscutellum)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965966" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965966/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs 5AC</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFF06283E60ACFAE6" box="[234,249,1380,1406]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="23.[189,232,1681,1707]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,735,1642]" captionTargetId="figure-385@23.[189,1398,735,1645]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Fig. 8. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878), habitus, dorsal view. A. Male specimen (ANSP) from Nevada (bearing the same Nev collection label as the Melecta? mucida holotype) in which both fore wings have two submarginal cells. B. M. californica paralectotype, ♂ (ANSP 2292-7) in which the left fore wing has three submarginal cells and the right has two, with the second submarginal cross vein incomplete. C. M. californica paralectotype, ♂ (ANSP 2292-4) in which the left fore wing has two submarginal cells and the right has three (note that in both fore wings, the second submarginal cross vein (incomplete on the left, complete on the right) originates from the first submarginal cross vein, not Rs as is typical for most bees, including this species). D. Female specimen (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A03; PCYU) in which the discs of the metasomal terga are (unusually for B. californica) covered in short, pale hairs, sparser than those comprising the apical fasciae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965970" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965970/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">8</figureCitation>
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T3 and T4 each with fascia broadened anterolaterally, that of T3 into inner pair of anterolateral extensions (
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). Fore wing infuscate throughout except subhyaline around third submarginal crossvein and second recurrent vein (
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4. Mesoscutum with band of pale hairs along midline not attaining posterior margin (
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Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum each with uninterrupted band of pale hairs along entire midline (
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). Mesoscutellum pubescence otherwise dark brown or black, sparse, not obscuring underlying integument (
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFD6D2A4B62A4F8B3" box="[641,753,1809,1835]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[189,232,1927,1953]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,983,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-172@25.[189,1398,983,1893]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Brachymelecta haitensis (Michener, 1948). AB. Female (USNM RD-251). A Habitus, lateral view. B Habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (JAG), habitus, lateral view. D. Female (PCYU), axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965976" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965976/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figs 10D</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFFAA3F4DFD112A4B6364F8B4" box="[765,817,1809,1836]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="37.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,983,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-186@37.[189,1398,983,1893]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="Fig. 16. Brachymelecta tibialis (Fabricius, 1793). AB, D. Female (INHS 427051). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (UPRM), habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965988" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965988/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">16D</figureCitation>
) [other regions] ................................................. 5
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5. T1T3 with fasciae pale yellow, narrowly interrupted medially in female (
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), complete in male (
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T1T3 with fasciae off-white, widely interrupted medially in female (
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