Anthophorula (Anthophorisca) nitens, (COCKERELL)

Rozen, Jerome G., 2011, Immatures of Exomalopsine Bees with Notes on Nesting Biology and a Tribal Key to Mature Larvae of Noncorbiculate, Nonparasitic Apinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3726), pp. 1-52 : 15

ANTHOPHORULA (ANTHOPHORISCA) NITENS (COCKERELL)

DIAGNOSIS: The larva of this species is also nearly identical to that of Anthophorula chionura , but the spines on the planar cuspal surface are smaller and less pronounced than those of A. chionura and A. consobrina , and the large spines on the ventral edge are more pronounced.

MATERIAL STUDIED: Four predefecating larvae: CA: Riverside Co., 12 mi S of Corona, V-25-1985 (J.G. Rozen, R. Snelling) .

REMARKS: Nesting biology was described by Rozen and Snelling (1986).