Osmia (Melanosmia) calaminthae Rightmyer, Ascher & Griswold

Female. Figs 5–7, 9–16. Total length: ca. 11 mm (10–11 mm); Forewing length: 7 mm (6–7 mm); distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 0.6 mm (0.5–0.6 mm); distance of lateral ocellus to compound eye 0.6 mm. Color: Dark blue (mesosoma sometimes with integument slightly paler blue), except with brown integument on mouthparts, labrum, mandible, apical edge of clypeus, antenna, legs distal to trochanters, apical margins of metasomal terga, and metasomal sterna. Wings strongly infuscate. Pubescence: Hairs entirely white to pale golden except darker golden on mouthparts and distally on legs, brown on wings; hairs conspicuous on mesosoma and T1 so as to obscure underlying blue integument, but inconspicuous on distal terga. Galea and basal two labial palpal segments with hairs on lateral margins straight, 0.2–0.5 OD in length. Labrum with long hairs arranged in two curved, transverse rows, along subapical margin and at approximate midpoint (hairs slightly more scattered along row at midpoint), with additional fringe of shorter hairs at apical margin. Clypeus below apical margin with lateral tuft of pale golden, medially directed hairs (often hidden by clypeal margin). Head with short, stout, simple, erect hairs evenly spaced on face (Figs 5, 6), scape, and pedicel, these hairs denser and appressed on outer surface of mandible, longer and relatively sparse on ventral margin of mandible, vertex, and posteriorly on gena. Hypostomal area with straight, minutely branched hairs evenly distributed across area, 2.0–3.0 OD in length. Mesosoma (excluding legs and wings) and laterally on T1 covered with dense, long, minutely branched, white hairs (Figs 9, 10); remainder of metasomal terga with hairs conspicuously shorter and sparser than hairs on mesosoma and T1. Legs with hairs on outer surfaces white, on forefemur and foretibia relatively slender and minutely branched, on foretarsal segments long (ca. 3.0 OD in length), slightly stouter, and simple; on midleg outer surface entirely minutely branched; on hindleg outer surface mostly minutely branched except basitarsus with hairs appressed, simple, and relatively stout. Legs with hairs on inner surfaces of fore- and midfemora and fore- and midtibiae white, minutely branched, and relatively sparse, with some shining areas lacking hairs; inner surface of hindfemur with denser, minutely branched white hairs, of hind tibia with very dense, short, white, subappressed hairs; inner surfaces of all tarsal segments with hairs dense, golden, stout, and simple. Wing membranes with short, dense, evenly distributed, simple hairs. Scopa white to pale golden. Punctation: Head and mesosoma with punctures nearly contiguous, round, and strongly impressed except as follows: labrum mostly impunctate; clypeus with impunctate midapical truncation about half length of F1; clypeus immediately adjacent to apical impunctate truncation and next to compound eye with punctures relatively small and dense (Fig. 12); paraocular area with punctures separated by up to two puncture diameters; clypeus, vertex, and mesoscutum immediately posterior to median longitudinal sulcus with punctures separated by up to one puncture diameter; mesepisternum in upper anterior corner with punctures relatively small, ventrally with punctures separated by up to one puncture diameter; hypostomal area, pronotum, propodeum, and legs with punctures shallowly impressed, sometimes elongated into oval shape; tegula with punctures minute, dense at margins and sparse medially (separated by up to four or five puncture diameters); metanotum, metepisternum, and lateral and posterior surfaces of propodeum with background integument moderately granulose and relatively dull; propodeal triangle with dorsal third strongly, deeply areolate to lineate, lower two thirds granulose grading to shining, glabrous area along lower lateral margin (Fig. 15). T1 anterior and dorsal surfaces, and T2–T3 shining, T4–T6 moderately shagreened, T1 medially on disc with small punctures separated by up to a puncture diameter, grading to slightly larger and denser punctures on more posterior terga, T1–T5 apical impunctate bands relatively narrow laterally, ca. one puncture diameter in length, medially with impunctate bands widened, up to four puncture diameters in length (or even longer at exact midpoint). Structure: Labial palpus four-segmented, second labial palpal segment ca. one-fourth longer than basal-most segment. Mandible with outer and condylar ridges of subequal thickness or with condylar ridge slightly thicker, parallel along length (Fig. 14); apical margin with four teeth, third separated from second and fourth by carina, margin of third tooth forming distinct V-shape with adjacent margin of second and weakly curved U-shape with adjacent margin of fourth, third tooth weakly set back from second and fourth (Fig. 13); inner, ventral margin of mandible lacking distinct tooth, very weakly diverging away from condylar ridge basally; mandible apically widened (1.5 times wider than median width), first tooth length subequal to that of other teeth or very slightly longer, second tooth located about half way between first and fourth teeth (Fig. 13). Clypeus with apical margin forming anteriorly produced truncation, linear or weakly concave along truncation and forming ca. 130 degree angle with lateral apical margin of clypeus. F1 one-third longer than F2 length or slightly more, remaining apical flagellar segments gradually increasing in length such that F10 ca. one-fourth longer than F1 length. Vertex behind lateral ocellus 2.5–3.0 OD in length. Genal width subequal to that of compound eye in lateral view. Preoccipital margin rounded, not carinate. Hypostomal carina moderately high, highest at about midpoint of hypostomal area posterior to angle, not forming triangular projection at this point but forming distinct, semicircular projection, tapering to low carina or near obsolescence at angle. Malus forming pointed apical spine, this spine more or less a narrowed continuation of nearby edge of velum. Foretarsal segments excluding basitarsal and apical-most segments with lobes moderately swollen, anterior lobes slightly longer than posterior. Midtarsal segments with anterior and posterior lobes of equal width, weakly swollen; hind tarsal segments not swollen. Hind tibial spurs more or less straight on basal three-fourths, with outer spur moderately curved at apical tip and inner spur slightly less strongly curved apically, outer spur about a fifth to a sixth shorter than inner. Hind basitarsus with lateral margins of outer surface parallel. Male. Figs 17–26. Total length: ca. 10 mm; Forewing length: 6 mm; length of lateral ocellus to preoccipital margin 0.4 mm; length of lateral ocellus to compound eye 0.5 mm. Color: Head and mesosoma pale blue, metasoma dark blue, except with brown integument on mouthparts, labrum, mandible, apical edge of clypeus, antenna, legs distal to trochanters, S5–S8, and apical margins of all metasomal terga and S1–S4. Wings moderately infuscate, except along leading edge of forewing more strongly infuscate. Pubescence: White, minutely branched hairs on body except golden to pale golden, stouter hairs on inner surfaces of tarsi. Labrum sparsely covered with hairs on apical half and with hairs forming short fringe at apical margin. S2 with hairs at apical third relatively long (ca. 3.0 OD). S3 with dense, posteriorly directed hairs forming semicircular fringe along entire emargination (hairs ca. 1.5 OD in length throughout) (Fig. 23). S4 sparsely covered with white, medio-posteriorly directed, distally wavy hairs, these hairs not interrupted medially on S4, distinctly longer at midapical truncation than laterally on apical margin of disc. S6 midapical truncation sparsely covered with short, white hairs. Punctation: Head with punctures ovate to circular, contiguous or nearly so and deeply impressed except as follows: labrum mostly impunctate on basal half; clypeus with impunctate area immediately next to anterior tentorial pit and impunctate band along apical margin about one-fourth length of F1 and slightly swollen on median third (Fig. 20); disc of clypeus and interantennal area with punctures small and ovate; hypostomal area anteriorly near angle with punctures weakly, shallowly impressed. Mesosoma with punctures round, nearly contiguous and deeply impressed except as follows: tegula with punctures minute, sparser medially, separated by up to eight puncture diameters; metepisternum with punctures more irregular and with impunctate area near anterior margin and sometimes medially across sclerite; pronotum and lateral and posterior surfaces of propodeum strongly shagreened, with very weakly, shallowly impressed punctures; metanotum with punctures distinct but smaller than on mesoscutum and separated by about a puncture diameter; propodeal triangle strongly lineolate to reticulate on dorsal half and shagreened on lower half, sometimes with weakly shining areas laterally near ventral margin (Fig. 21); legs with inner surfaces of trochanters, femora, and tibiae (except hind tibia) shining, with scattered smaller punctures. T1 with anterior surface weakly shagreened, shining; metasomal terga with dorsal surfaces very weakly shagreened, shining. Metasomal terga with punctures small and well impressed (slightly less impressed on T5–T7). T1–T4 dorsal surfaces with punctures separated between 0.5 and 2.0 puncture diameters; apical impunctate margins medially ca. 3.0–4.0 puncture diameters in length, laterally as little as 1.0 puncture diameter. T5–T6 with punctures less distinct, separated by ca. 1.0 puncture diameter medially; T5 with apical impunctate margin medially ca. 3.0 puncture diameters in length. S1–S3 with punctures moderately impressed, ovate. S4 with integument punctate basally, grading to shagreened and papillate at bases of hairs apically. S5–S6 shagreened. Structure: Mandible with outer and condylar ridges converging apically; with two teeth, upper and lower teeth nearly the same width and length; inner margins of upper and lower teeth forming nearly 90 degree angle; upper tooth with inner and dorsal margins forming ca. 45–60 degree angle; inner, ventral margin of mandible weakly diverging away from condylar ridge basally. Clypeus apical margin lacking distinct apical truncation, medially very weakly concave, laterally with weakly tuberculate swelling. Flagellar segments subequal in length, except F1 about three-fourths length of F2 and F11 slightly longer than other segments. Vertex behind lateral ocellus 1.5 OD in length or slightly longer. Genal width ca. three-fourths that of compound eye in lateral view or slightly wider. Preoccipital margin rounded, not carinate. Hypostomal carina relatively shallow, about the same height along length of head, gradually tapering to near obsolescence at angle, not forming distinct tooth. Malus forming small but distinct, pointed apical spine. Foretarsal segments excluding basitarsal and apical-most segments with anterior lobes very slightly more swollen than posterior. Mid- and hind tarsal segments not swollen. Hind tibial spurs relatively stout, very weakly curved along length, outer spur slightly shorter than inner. Hind basitarsus with lateral margins of outer surface subparallel, with very small tooth on inner margin about one-fourth from apical margin along length. T6 midapically with moderate emargination, forming one-half of circle in outline or nearly so (Fig. 22); T6 lateroapical margin smoothly, weakly convex, not forming distinct tooth or forming very weak lateral tooth. T7 midapically strongly emarginate, forming semicircle about as wide as deep (slightly smaller than 1.0 OD in width), with spines on either side of emargination slender, about one-fourth as wide as emargination width (Fig. 22). S2 evenly convex, covering most of S3 (in one specimen with weak emargination at midapex). S3 with midapical emargination strongly semicircular, about as wide and long (half entire width of sternum, 1.5 OD in length or slightly more, measuring only apical margin of sternum and not including basal fringe of hairs; Fig. 23). S4 midapically with wide, poorly defined truncation (about third width of entire sternum). S6 with midapical truncation ca. one-fifth width of sternum, truncation as wide as long, apical margin of truncation distinctly emarginate. Gonoforceps narrowed apical to subapical bend, weakly pointed at apical tip in dorsal view (Fig. 25), more or less straight along length in lateral view (Fig. 26).

Known only from Highlands County, Florida.