no. 3603 HERMETIA — JAMES AND WIRTH 9 



Male, female: Head, thorax and abdomen predominantly black. 

 Yellow markings of head variable but basically consisting of a spot 

 on each side of the ocellar triangle, the divided frontal callus, an 

 indefinite area at base of antennae, and narrow facial orbits; ante- 

 ocellar tubercle prominent; area above frontal callus coarsely rugulose 

 and with a single broad cannula or with one more prominent than 

 the remaining one or two; supra-antennal callus more prominent than 

 in H. chrysopila, somewhat elevated. Humeri, postalar callus, and 

 about apical half of scutellum yellow; hal teres yellow; apices of 

 femora, all of tibiae and tarsi, yellow, the apical half of each tibia 

 becoming more orange yellow. Terga 1 and 2 mostly with short 

 black pile; a fringe of yellow pile, usually interrupted medially, on 

 tergum 1; an anterolateral triangle of thin yellowish pile and the 

 patch of golden pile as described on tergum 2; remaining terga with 

 conspicuous long appressed golden pile except for a sublateral triangle 

 of black pile on each side of tergum 3 and a similar but less conspicuous 

 triangle on tergum 4; venter white pilose. Male genitalia as in 

 figures 6, 8. Length 9-12 mm. 



Holotype: <?, Globe, Ariz., Apr. 11, 1935, F. H. Parker; Melander 

 Collection; USNM type no. 69,104. Allotype: 9, same data, but 

 May 1, 1935. 



Paratypes: Arizona: 16 cf cf, same data as type but Apr. 6, 7, and 

 8, 1935, and Apr. 7, 21, and May 1, 1938; 1 cf , Globe, April, D. K. 

 Duncan; 3 d 1 d\ 3 99, Baboquivari Mts., Elkhorn Ranch, 4500', 

 Apr. 20, 1961, and Brown Canyon, Apr. 7, 1961, M. L. Noller, J. C. 

 Bequaert; 2 c? d\ 5 99, Baboquivari Mts., April, D. K. Duncan, 

 Apr. 27, 1947, A. L. Melander, Apr. 28, 1935, F. H. Parker, and Apr. 

 4-19, 1937, W. Benedict; 2 cf d\ 1 9, Madrona Ranger Station, Ricon 

 Mts., May 15, 1964, at mud and water, M. L. Noller, J. C. Bequaert, 

 M. Elton, M. Nurein, F. G. Werner, and May 22, 1964, Bequaert 

 and Noller; 1 d\ 1 9, Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mts., Apr. 5 and 

 30, 1955, G. D. Butler; 1 cf, Sabino Basin, Santa Catalina Mts., 

 July S-20, 1916; 3 99, Santa Catalina Mts., April, D. K. Duncan, and 

 Apr. 9, 1955, Butler and Werner; 1 9, Canada del Oro, north of Santa 

 Catalina Mts., Apr. 17, 1964, M. L. Noller, J. Burger, J. C. Bequaert, 

 and F. G. Werner; 1 9, 10 miles north of Tucson, Apr. 21, 1957; 1 9, 

 Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz Co., 4880', July 15, 1963, V. L. Vesterby; 

 2 99, Pinal Mts., May 9, 1937 and May 6, 1940, F. H. Parker; 2 99, 

 Portal, Cochise Co., June 28 and July 1, 1963, A. Laske; 1 9, Molino 

 Basin, Mt. Lemmon, May 5, 1953, A. and H. Dietrich. New Mexi- 

 co: 1 9, Byer Spring, Florida Mts., 5000'. MEXICO: Sinaloa: 

 1 d\ 13 miles north of Culican, Mar. 17, 1962, F. D. Parker. 



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