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<mods:title>The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: a revision of the subgenus Asaropoda</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="37DB8DEF-3065-56A5-A35F-AA6BDCFBB7C1" authority="Cockerell, 1926" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Apis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus">Subgenus Asaropoda Cockerell, 1926</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Cockerell" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Asaropoda" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Asaropoda" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Asaropoda</taxonomicName>
Cockerell, 1926: 216.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Type.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Saropoda" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropoda bombiformis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bombiformis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Saropoda bombiformis</emphasis>
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Smith, 1854 (original designation).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The diagnosis for this subgenus as given by 
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was largely based on the type species of the subgenus, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. bombiformis" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="bombiformis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. bombiformis</emphasis>
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, but is revised to include species that he did not examine at the time, as well as the new species discovered here. The inclusion of these species extends the morphological variety in this subgenus.
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In the following text, the main subgeneric diagnostic characters are in bold: 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">body length 12-24 mm; forewing length 8-18 mm; hairs absent in third submarginal cell and second medial cell</emphasis>
; hairs absent in first medial cell with the exception of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albiclypeata" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albiclypeata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiclypeata</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. youngi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="youngi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. youngi</emphasis>
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which have a few short hairs, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. nitidiventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. nitidiventris</emphasis>
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which has more than ten hairs; hairs absent in the second submarginal cell with the exception of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albiceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albiceps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiceps</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. aurantia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="aurantia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. aurantia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. frogatti" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="frogatti">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. frogatti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. rhodoscymna" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="rhodoscymna">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. rhodoscymna</emphasis>
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which have less than ten hairs, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. crenata" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="crenata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. crenata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. preissi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="preissi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. preissi</emphasis>
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, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albiclypeata" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albiclypeata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiclypeata</emphasis>
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which have 10-20 hairs; the pubescence of the majority of the species is orange, brown or grey, occasionally with black hairs anteriorly on T2 or following segments; however, there are two species groups with an aberrant pattern colouration of pubescence: the 
<taxonomicName lsidName="houstoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="houstoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">houstoni</emphasis>
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-group (
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. houstoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="houstoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. houstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. epaphrodita" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="epaphrodita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. epaphrodita</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. xylocopoides" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="xylocopoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. xylocopoides</emphasis>
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), which has an orange to yellow mesosomal pubescence, and predominantly black metasomal pubescence, and the 
<taxonomicName lsidName="youngi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="youngi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">youngi</emphasis>
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-group (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. nitidiventris</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. youngi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="youngi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. youngi</emphasis>
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), which has brown mesosomal and black metasomal pubescence, with white to orange hairbands on the posterior margins. Colour dimorphism between the sexes is weak, apart from in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. dawsoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="dawsoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. dawsoni</emphasis>
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, where females have white to grey, and males brown mesosomal pubescence; maxiliary palpus with five segments; 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">apical margins of male metasomal sterna modified, with emarginations that vary in size and depth and are diagnostic at the species level</emphasis>
; S4 (and occasionally S3) bent medially; 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">the shape and size of the thick brush of stiff setae on S4 of males is diagnostic at the species level</emphasis>
; posterior margins of S5 and S6 emarginate medially of which its width, depth, size and shape is diagnostic at the species level; S6 medially with one or two patches of hair; S7 usually with slender neck, with the exception of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. scoparia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="scoparia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. scoparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. frogatti" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="frogatti">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. frogatti</emphasis>
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where the neck is robust; S7 apical margin of head among species variable in shape; S8 apically narrowed and usually emarginate; apex of gonocoxite of male bearing one or two gonostyli of which number, size and shape are diagnostic at the species level; gonostyli with setae of variable length and densities; penis valves laterally rounded, drawn into rounded lobes, or with angular lobes; 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">S6 of females medially with raised area which varies</emphasis>
from inconspicuous roughened, broadly parabolic with well-defined rim, slender spine, to almost a pygidium like structure.
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We now recognise 21 species in 
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.
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Identification key to the Australian subgenera of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">Amegilla</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Forewing: hairs absent in 3rd submarginal cell and 2nd medial cell, usually also in 2nd submarginal cell and 1st medial cell; S4 in males with a rounded, triangular or elongated brush of dense usually forward-directed bristles, S6 of females medially with raised area which varies among species from inconspicuously roughened, broadly parabolic with well-defined rim and slender spine, to almost a pygidium like structure</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
subgenus 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Amegilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus">Asaropoda</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Forewing: hairs present in in 3rd submarginal cell, 2nd medial cell and most other cells; S4 in males and S6 in females not modified as described above</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">2</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Female: Integument of paraclypeal areas black; fore and mid femora and tibiae with iridescent blue-green hairs, male: S6 gently convex; apex S7 broadly triangular</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
subgenus 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Amegilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus">Notomegilla</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Female: Integument of paraclypeal areas partly yellow, white or ivory; hair on fore and mid legs never iridescent, male: S6 with broad depressions either side of midline; apex S7 ovate</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
subgenus 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Amegilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus">Zonamegilla</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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Identification key to the 21 species of 
<taxonomicName authority="(Asaropoda)" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Amegilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amegilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Amegilla (Asaropoda)</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">1</td>
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Female: Body size large (&gt; 19 mm), pubescence on head and mesosoma white, metasomal integument predominantly dark red (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni (Rayment, 1951)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376127" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">10J, K</figureCitation>
). Male: S4 apicomedially with two small adjacent patches of anteriorly directed, black bristles (Fig. 
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), S5 with parabolically shaped emargination (Fig. 
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)
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. dawsoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="dawsoni">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. dawsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Not with above combination of characters (20 spp.)</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">2</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Metasomal pubescence predominantly black, some species with light coloured posterior bands of white pubescence on terminal terga (5 spp.)</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Metasomal pubescence predominantly orange, brown or grey, with or without an anterior band of black pubescence on T2 (15 spp.)</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">3</td>
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Light coloured posterior bands present on all terga (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A-E. Amegilla (Asaropoda) houstoni Brooks, 1988." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376132" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">15</figureCitation>
, 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Amegilla (Asaropoda) youngi Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376138" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">22</figureCitation>
) (3 spp.)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
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Light coloured posterior bands lacking, or only on last 1-3 terminal terga (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Amegilla (Asaropoda) xylocopoides Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376140" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">21</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Amegilla (Asaropoda) epaphrodita Brooks, 1988." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376128" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">11</figureCitation>
) (2 spp.)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">6</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">4</td>
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Female: T1 with thin, faint white posterior band, T2-4 with well-developed white posterior hair bands (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A-E. Amegilla (Asaropoda) houstoni Brooks, 1988." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376132" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">15</figureCitation>
). Male unknown
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. houstoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="houstoni">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. houstoni</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">All terga with well-developed posterior hair bands. Hair bands on T1-2 orange (2 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">5</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Female: clypeus ivory with two large black marks, which are sometimes combined at the top, scape black. Male: S4 with two adjacent small patches of downward-directed bristles on apicomedial margin and two large comma-shaped patches of bristles on S5 (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Amegilla (Asaropoda) nitidiventris Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376134" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">17C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. nitidiventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov
</emphasis>
.
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Female: clypeus with two small brown marks, scape with pale yellow mark (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Amegilla (Asaropoda) youngi Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376138" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">22C</figureCitation>
). Male unknown
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. youngi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="youngi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. youngi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Metasomal pubescence entirely black (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Amegilla (Asaropoda) xylocopoides Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376140" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">21B, K</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. xylocopoides" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="xylocopoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. xylocopoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
T4-5 (female), T5-6 (male) with predominantly white hairs (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Amegilla (Asaropoda) epaphrodita Brooks, 1988." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376128" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">11B, K</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. epaphrodita" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="epaphrodita">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. epaphrodita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Male</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">21</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Both S3 and S4 medially with round patch of bristles, the patch on S3 smaller than on S4 (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Amegilla (Asaropoda) aurantia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376122" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">5C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Amegilla (Asaropoda) crenata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376126" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">9C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Cockerell, 1905)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376136" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">19C</figureCitation>
) (3 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">9</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Only S4 with median patch of bristles of varying size and shape (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376124" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Amegilla (Asaropoda) calva (Rayment, 1935)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376125" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Amegilla (Asaropoda) scoparia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376137" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">20C</figureCitation>
) (12 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">11</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S2-4 without apicomedial emarginations; S5 apicomedial area deeply emarginated, emargination deeper than wide and almost parallel to body axis (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Amegilla (Asaropoda) crenata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376126" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">9C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Cockerell, 1905)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376136" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">19C</figureCitation>
) (2 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">10</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S2-4 with distinct apicomedial emarginations (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Amegilla (Asaropoda) aurantia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376122" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">5C</figureCitation>
); apicomedial emargination on S5 wider than deep, not parallel to body axis
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. aurantia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="aurantia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. aurantia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Apicomedial emargination on S5 parallel-sided, slightly deeper than wide (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Cockerell, 1905)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376136" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">19C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. rhodoscymna" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="rhodoscymna">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. rhodoscymna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Apicomedial emargination on S5 more than twice as deep as wide (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Amegilla (Asaropoda) crenata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376126" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">9C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. crenata" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="crenata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. crenata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 shape of patch of bristles round (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Amegilla (Asaropoda) calva (Rayment, 1935)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376125" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (Cockerell, 1914)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376130" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Amegilla (Asaropoda) incognita Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376133" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">16C</figureCitation>
) (3 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">12</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 shape of patch of bristles triangular or bell-shaped (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albiceps (Rayment, 1951)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376119" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">2C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albigenella Michener, 1965." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376121" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376124" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Amegilla (Asaropoda) griseocincta Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376131" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">14C</figureCitation>
) (4 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">14</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 shape of patch of bristles elongated (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albiclypeata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376120" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi (Cockerell, 1910)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376135" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">18C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Amegilla (Asaropoda) scoparia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376137" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">20C</figureCitation>
) (5 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">17</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles relatively large, circa 1/7 of width of sternum (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (Cockerell, 1914)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376130" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Amegilla (Asaropoda) incognita Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376133" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">16C</figureCitation>
), pubescence around apicomedial area of S5 strongly branched (2 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles small, less than 1/10 of width of sternum (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Amegilla (Asaropoda) calva (Rayment, 1935)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376125" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8C</figureCitation>
), pubescence around apicomedial area of S5 almost simple, only occasionally with side branches
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. calva" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="calva">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. calva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Face marks pale yellow, scape brown (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Amegilla (Asaropoda) incognita Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376133" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">16D</figureCitation>
), inner gonostylus very small (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Amegilla (Asaropoda) incognita Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376133" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">16G, H</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. incognita" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="incognita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. incognita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Face marks ivory, underside of scape with ivory mark (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (Cockerell, 1914)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376130" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13D</figureCitation>
), inner gonostylus well developed, almost as long as outer gonostylus, club-shaped (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (Cockerell, 1914)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376130" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13G, H</figureCitation>
).
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. frogatti" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="frogatti">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. frogatti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles small, circa 1/5 of width of sternum (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376124" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7C</figureCitation>
), S5 apicomedial area with large triangular emargination (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376124" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7C</figureCitation>
), the area with sparse to openly placed branched hairs, lateral corners of S5 rounded
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. bombiformis" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="bombiformis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. bombiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles larger, S5 apicomedial emargination shallow (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albiceps (Rayment, 1951)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376119" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">2C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albigenella Michener, 1965." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376121" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Amegilla (Asaropoda) griseocincta Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376131" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">14C</figureCitation>
), densely covered in branched hairs, lateral corners of S5 with pointed lobe (3 spp.)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">15</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles large, circa 1/3 of width of sternum, bristles brown (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albigenella Michener, 1965." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376121" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albigenella" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albigenella">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albigenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">S4 patch of bristles less than 1/3 of width of sternum, bristles black (2 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">16</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albiceps (Rayment, 1951)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376119" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">2C</figureCitation>
), legs on outer surface with orange pubescence.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of bristles bell-shaped (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Amegilla (Asaropoda) griseocincta Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376131" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">14C</figureCitation>
), legs on outer surface with white pubescence
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. griseocincta" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="griseocincta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. griseocincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S4 patch of black bristles broad and circa 1/2-2/3 of sternum width (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Amegilla (Asaropoda) scoparia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376137" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">20C</figureCitation>
), S6 apicomedial area with conspicuous fimbria of black and orange fringed hairs, T2 anteriorly with area of black hairs as wide as marginal zone
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. scoparia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="scoparia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. scoparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">S4 patch of pale bristles narrow, circa 1/3 of width of sternum, S6 apicomedial area without conspicuous fimbria of black and orange-fringed hairs, T2 anteriorly with area of black hairs much narrower than marginal zone, or without black hairs (4 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">18</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Face marks ivory/white, elongated patch of bristles on S4 black (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albiclypeata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376120" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">3C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albiclypeata" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albiclypeata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiclypeata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Face marks pale to bright yellow, patch of bristles on S4 dark or light brown (3 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">19</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
T2 anteriorly without dark hairs, S5 apicomedial emargination circa 6 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
as wide as deep, (Fig. 
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)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. batleyi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="batleyi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. batleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
T2 anteriorly with entire narrow band of dark hairs, S5 apicomedial emargination less than 4 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
as wide as deep
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">20</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S6 marginal zone smooth without punctures or hairs, some short hairs medially (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi (Cockerell, 1910)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376135" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">18C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. preissi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="preissi">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. preissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
S6 marginal area, smooth with open punctures and hairs, medially with patch of stiff dark hairs (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Amegilla (Asaropoda) flava (Friese, 1911)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376129" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">12C</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. flava" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="flava">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. flava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">21</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Hind leg: tibial scopa on outer surface with white or grey-white hairs (5 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">22</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Hind leg: tibial scopa on outer surface with pale yellow, ochre or orange hairs (8 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">26</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Paraclypeal area with pale yellow mark (3 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">23</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Paraclypeal area black (3 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">25</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">23</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Paraclypeal marks small (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Amegilla (Asaropoda) batleyi Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376123" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">6M</figureCitation>
), anterior part of T2 without black hairs
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. batleyi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="batleyi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. batleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Paraclypeal marks large (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Amegilla (Asaropoda) frogatti (Cockerell, 1914)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376130" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">13M</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Amegilla (Asaropoda) griseocincta Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376131" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">14M</figureCitation>
), anterior part of T2 with distinct band of black contiguous hairs
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">24</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">24</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Scutum and T1 pubescence light brown, T2 and T3 anteriorly with black hairs</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. griseocincta" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="griseocincta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. griseocincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Scutum and T1 pubescence appears grey, hairs light ochre intermixed with longer black hairs, only T2 with black hairs anteriorly</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. frogatti" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="frogatti">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. frogatti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">25</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Supraclypeal area black, clypeus with yellow inverted T shaped mark (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi (Cockerell, 1910)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376135" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">18M</figureCitation>
), anterior part of T2 with narrow band of black hair, terga with greyish pubescence, S6 with smooth and clearly defined parabolic expression (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Amegilla (Asaropoda) preissi (Cockerell, 1910)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376135" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">18L</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. preissi" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="preissi">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. preissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Supraclypeal area with yellow or pale yellow mark, clypeus with two vertical brown marks (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Amegilla (Asaropoda) calva (Rayment, 1935)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376125" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8M</figureCitation>
), T2 without black hairs anteriorly, surface of S6 roughend, expression on S6 not clearly defined (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Amegilla (Asaropoda) calva (Rayment, 1935)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376125" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">8L</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. calva" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="calva">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. calva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">26</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Paraclypeal area with light coloured mark (3 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">27</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Paraclypeal area without light coloured mark (6 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">29</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">27</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">T2 anteriorly with narrow band of black hairs across whole width, sterna with dark hairs</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albiceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albiceps">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albiceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Dark hairs on T2 restricted to antero-lateral corners or lacking, sterna on disk with orange hairs (2 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">28</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">28</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Integument of T3 and following segments anteriorly dark brown, clypeus with two well defined vertical dark orange marks (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albigenella Michener, 1965." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376121" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4M</figureCitation>
), S6 with small angular raised median ridge (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Amegilla (Asaropoda) albigenella Michener, 1965." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376121" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">4L</figureCitation>
).
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. albigenella" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="albigenella">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. albigenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Integument of T3 and following segments anteriorly orange, marks on clypeus undefined and small (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Amegilla (Asaropoda) aurantia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376122" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">5M</figureCitation>
), S6 with narrow raised area and short transverse posterior ridge (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Amegilla (Asaropoda) aurantia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376122" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">5L</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. aurantia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="aurantia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. aurantia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">29</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">T2 anteriorly with black hairs (2 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">30</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">Pubescence on T2 uniformly coloured (4 spp.)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">31</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Scape orange, T2 anterior with wide area of black hairs, clypeus marks undefined (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Smith, 1854)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376124" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">7M</figureCitation>
), the orange pubescence on terga has an iridescent shine
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. bombiformis" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="bombiformis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. bombiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Scape black, apically brown, T2 anteriorly with narrow area of erect black hairs, clypeus with brown horseshoe-like mark (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Amegilla (Asaropoda) scoparia Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376137" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">20M</figureCitation>
), sometimes just with two dark patches, pubescence on terga not with iridescent shine
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. scoparia" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rank="species" species="scoparia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">A. scoparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">31</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Clypeus colouration yellow, orange pubescence on terga with iridescent shine, S6 projection broadly parabolic, well defined (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Amegilla (Asaropoda) crenata Leijs, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376126" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">9L</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Cockerell, 1905)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.908.47375.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/376136" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">19L</figureCitation>
) (2 spp.).
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="45">32</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="45">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="45" rowspan="1">
Clypeus colouration pale yellow or ivory, pubescence on terga without iridescent shine, S6 projection rounded, not well defined (Figs 
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, 
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) (2 spp.)
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Clypeus marked with inverted yellow T (Fig. 
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), scape and antennae brown
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Clypeus yellow, with two faint brown patches (Fig. 
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), scape orange-brown, flagellum brown below, black above
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Clypeus with pale yellow inverted T-shape, supraclypeal area black (Fig. 
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). Hind leg: tibial scopa on outer surface with pale yellow or ochre coloured hairs (Fig. 
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). [Note: this couplet may also lead to 
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, but shape of pale yellow clypeus colouration similar to Fig. 
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Clypeus colouration ivory, supraclypeal area black with narrow ivory line at base (Fig. 
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). Hind leg: tibial scopa on outer surface with orange coloured hairs (Fig. 
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