Mendacibombus
Key to Mendacibombus species for females 1. From the region including central and western Europe; hair of the thorax and metasomal T1‒2 either entirely black, or with yellow hairs intermixed extensively with the black in some parts, or if with broad pure yellow bands then both the posterior half of...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5625281 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE67547C78331AB090A6FCA6ADFC61 |
| Summary: | Key to Mendacibombus species for females 1. From the region including central and western Europe; hair of the thorax and metasomal T1‒2 either entirely black, or with yellow hairs intermixed extensively with the black in some parts, or if with broad pure yellow bands then both the posterior half of T2 is broadly black (rarely with a narrow yellow fringe) and the thoracic dorsum has a broad black band between the wing bases and on the face any yellow hairs are concentrated in a patch at the antennal base whereas the hairs at the side of the clypeus are black. B. mendax - From the region including Turkey and the Caucasus east to Kamchatka; hair of the thorax and metasomal T1‒2 either with white or many white-tipped hairs at least in parts, or if with broad pure yellow bands then either the posterior half of T2 is predominantly yellow or the thoracic dorsum is nearly uniformly yellow or the face has pale and black hairs intermixed evenly throughout. 2 2 (1). From the region including Turkey and the Caucasus east to Iran; hair of T3 black with very few or no orange hairs posteriorly, T4 orange, T6 orange with very few black hairs. B. handlirschianus - From the region including Afghanistan east to Kamchatka; hair of T4 either black and/or with white hairs, or if T4 is extensively orange then T3 is black usually with many orange hairs in a narrow posterior fringe or T3 with orange hairs with white tips, T6 at least medially with many black hairs. 3 3 (2). Hair of the thoracic dorsum either entirely black or black with white hairs evenly intermixed or black with white tips, T1 with black or black and orange hairs or with black and white hairs intermixed. B. waltoni - Hair of the thoracic dorsum and T1 either with black hairs in part but with separate broad bands of yellow or white hairs or with yellow hairs nearly throughout. 4 4 (3). Hair of T4‒5 without long orange hairs and with at least a few black hairs scattered nearly throughout, either sometimes with white tips or intermixed with white hairs at least in part. 5 ... |
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