Notomegilla Brooks, 1988

Leijs, Remko, Batley, Michael & Hogendoorn, Katja, 2017, The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla, ZooKeys 653, pp. 79-140 : 95-96

Subgenus Notomegilla Brooks, 1988

Notomegilla Brooks, 1988, p. 511.Type species: Anthophora aeruginosa Smith, 1854 (original designation).

Diagnosis.

Length 9-12 mm; metallic green/blue hair present on femur and tibia of fore and mid legs; pale paraocular marks present in males, absent in females; maxiliary palpus with 4 or 5 segments. Most or all closed cells of forewing with some rather long hairs; S6 of male simple, convex without lateral depression, edge entire to shallowly emarginate medially; apex of S7 of male greatly expanded laterally, without subapical circular area; apex of S8 narrowed, truncate or rounded.

Description.

For a full description of the subgenus see Brooks (1988).

Female. Structure. Head: wider than long; inner orbits of eyes diverging above; length f3-9 subequal. Coloration. Integument black, except ivory or pale yellow marks on labrum, mandibles, clypeus and supraclypeal area ( Brooks 1988 erroneously stated that paraocular marks are well developed in both sexes.) Pubescence. Head: labrum white; gena with white hairs. Legs: forecoxa white; hind basitibia white with black streak. Metasoma: T1-T4 with apical hair bands, T5 with long white hair laterally, S3-S4 dark medially, white with metallic blue-green iridescence posterolaterally, S5 dark. Punctation. Head: interspaces on clypeus pit-reticulate; labrum somewhat shiny, with close punctation, interspaces smooth. Scutum with small, shallow punctures; interspaces almost smooth.

Male. Structure. Head: wider than long; inner orbits diverging above; length f3-10 subequal. Wings: length cu-v of hind wing subequal to second abscissa M+Cu. Metasoma: Apicomedial margin T7 bilobed. Coloration. Integument black, pale yellow marks on labrum, mandibles, clypeus, scape, paraocular and supraclypeal areas. Pubescence. Head: labrum white, gena mostly white. Legs: Forefemur posteriorly with long, light coloured hair; forecoxa white; mid and hind legs dark or black, with lighter coloured hairs on apex of femur, outer surface of tibia and basitarsus. Metasoma: T1-T6 with apical hair bands or entirely covered with adpressed hair; S6 dark. Sculpture. Head: clypeus dull with small, shallow, open punctures; interspaces pit-reticulate; Labrum somewhat shiny, with small, shallow punctures; interspaces interspaces pit-reticulate. Thorax: scutum with medium, strong, dense punctures; interspaces smooth. Metasoma: T1-T5 with shallow, close, somewhat scrobiculate punctures; interspaces pit-reticulate.

Distribution.

Australia.

Included species.

aeruginosa and chlorocyanea .