Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson, 1874

Portman, Zachary M., Arduser, Mike, Lane, Ian G. & Cariveau, Daniel P., 2022, A review of the Augochloropsis (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) and keys to the shiny green Halictinae of the midwestern United States, ZooKeys 1130, pp. 103-152 : 103

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1130.86413

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scientific name

Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson
status

 

Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson

Diagnosis.

Female Agapostemon melliventris can be recognized by having the apex of the clypeus yellow as well as their non-metallic, light-colored metasoma. The terga are generally amber-colored but can be dark enough (e.g., Fig. 4B View Figure 4 ) to resemble Agapostemon virescens .

Male Agapostemon melliventris can be recognized by having the metasoma primarily yellow (Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ), with just thin dark bands, and they also have the hind femur much skinnier (Fig. 8A View Figure 8 ) than any of the other species treated here.

Remarks.

Agapostemon melliventris is not known from the midwestern US, though Roberts (1972) records if from eastern Nebraska and Kansas, so there is the potential for it to be found in Missouri and Iowa. We are not aware of any recent collections east of the 98th Meridian.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Agapostemon