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Melecta thoracica? (Melectidae) in Colorado Springs Foothills - Melecta - female

Melecta thoracica? (Melectidae) in Colorado Springs Foothills - Melecta - Female
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
May 20, 2005
Size: L = 13 mm
Found on Lesquerella ludoviciana (Silvery Bladderpod) in the
Foothills. Black; notum-T1 w/brown hair; BLACK T2T3T4T5T6;

Moved
Moved from Melecta.

Moved

Melecta pacifica fulvida or M. thoracica [Melectini]
not Anthophora [Anthophorini]. Melecta is a cleptoparasite of Anthophora (and Habropoda) but is very different

 
Melecta sp.
Thank you, John. The first has been observed in Colorado, I think. The second not.

 
both occur in Colorado
Cockerell's lists are now quite out of date

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