Mermiglossa Friese, 1912

Ascher, John S. & Engel, Michael S., 2017, A new species of Mermiglossa from Kenya, with comments on the arrangement of Old World Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Journal of Melittology 2017 (75), pp. 1-11 : 4

Genus Mermiglossa Friese

Mermiglossa Friese, 1912: 188 . Type species: Mermiglossa rufa Friese, 1912 , monobasic.

DIAGNOSIS: Head conspicuously broader than mesosoma. Glossa extraordinarily elongate, approximately three times as long as prementum; maxillary palpus pentamerous. Metasomal tergum I with dorsal and anterior surfaces nearly right angulate, of male strongly concave anteriorly; terga II and III with gradulus conspicuous, strongly carinate laterally; sterna I–V of female with setae mostly appressed; sternum VII with basal apodemal arms broadly fused to quadrate central disc of sternum.

DISTRIBUTION: The single described species is endemic to central Namibia ( Eardley, 1991), whereas the second species described here is from coastal Kenya.