Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson

Diagnosis.

Female Agapostemon melliventris can be recognized by having the apex of the clypeus yellow as well as their non-metallic, light-colored metasoma. The terga are generally amber-colored but can be dark enough (e.g., Fig. 4B) to resemble Agapostemon virescens .

Male Agapostemon melliventris can be recognized by having the metasoma primarily yellow (Fig. 9A), with just thin dark bands, and they also have the hind femur much skinnier (Fig. 8A) than any of the other species treated here.

Remarks.

Agapostemon melliventris is not known from the midwestern US, though Roberts (1972) records if from eastern Nebraska and Kansas, so there is the potential for it to be found in Missouri and Iowa. We are not aware of any recent collections east of the 98th Meridian.