photo taken a few days after eclosion
- body length 26mm
- head black, lateral orange patches at border of vertex and occiput
- antennal scape, pedicel and flagellum orange
- antennae somewhat longer than distance between insertion points
- orange pronotum, moderately densely punctured
- mesoscutum black, densely punctured
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small black hind lobes
- forewings pale brown hyaline
- hind femora black dorsally
- head black, lateral orange patches at border of vertex and occiput
- orange pronotum
- mesoscutum black, densely punctured
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small black hind lobes
- forewings pale brown hyaline
- genae all black
- clypeus, labrum and palpi orange
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- mesosternum shiny black
- lateral folds of terga, venter shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with black iridescence
- sawsheath orange with pale yellow hairs, closely spaced
- all coxae black
- all femora dark orange, hind femora black dorsally (see first image in gallery)
- all tibiae orange
- genae all black
- clypeus, labrum and palpi orange
- mandibles black
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate, pilose ventrally
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- all coxae black
- all femora dark orange
- all tibiae orange
- body length 24.5mm
- genae all black
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate, pilose ventrally
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- vertex black, heavily punctured, densely pilose with golden recumbent hairs
- orange lateral patches at border of vertex and occiput
- antennal tubercles, scape and pedicel orange
- POL/OOL = 1.0
- postocellar region longer than breadth in front, POL about half as long as distance between hind ocellus and hind margin of head
ventral view of end of abdomen (image taken a few days after eclosion)
- lateral folds of terga shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with blackish blue iridescence
- sawsheath orange with yellow hairs
lateral view of end of abdomen
- lateral folds of terga shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with blackish blue iridescence
- sawsheath orange with yellow hairs
lateral view of sawsheath
- sawsheath hairs (bristles) closely spaced, straight or curved, tip not spooned
ventral view of sawsheath
- sawsheath hairs densely spaced
- sawsheath hairs straight or curved, tip not spooned
- sawbench long and thin, striae barely evident
- serrated margin of sawsheath visible