Notoxaea Hurd & Linsley, 1976

Engel, Michael S., 2015, A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Journal of Melittology 2015 (52), pp. 1-18 : 9

Genus Notoxaea Hurd & Linsley

Notoxaea Hurd & Linsley, 1976: 21 . Type species: Oxaea ferruginea Friese, 1898 , by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: Male with pale maculations on clypeus and mandible ( Fig. 23 ); mandible with preapical tooth on inner margin; maxillary palpi composed of six palpomeres; metasomal terga I–III and sometimes IV at least partly or largely reddish ( Figs. 18–21 ); metasomal tergum VI (male) and tergum V (female) with long, conspicuous tufts of white setae at sides; apical margin of male metasomal sternum VIII deeply emarginate medially (refer to figures in Hurd & Linsley, 1976); gonobase greatly reduced, ringlike, much wider than long, not tapering basally; gonostylus partially differentiated from gonocoxae, with setae apically; outer lateral apex of volsella without dorsal lobed extension, outer margin from narrow ventral apex to widest point apical from apodeme weakly concave before mediolateral process, process not protrudent (refer to figures in Hurd & Linsley, 1976); penis valve not elongate, only slightly surpassing gonostylar apices, with strong ventral subapical ridge extending to thin lateral process bearing setae (refer to figures in Hurd & Linsley, 1976).

INCLUDED SPECIES: Notoxaea ferruginea ( Friese, 1898) .

Figures

Figures 18–23. Photographs of Notoxaea ferruginea (Friese). 18. Dorsal habitus of female. 19. Lateral habitus of female. 20. Dorsal habitus of male. 21. Lateral habitus of male. 22. Facial view of female. 23. Facial view of male.