beard black on top third, lower two-third entirely yellow

hairs underneath the proboscis yellow

palpal hairs yellow on first segment, black on second segment

mesonotum in male evenly covered with long yellow hairs, about two-thirds of which are recumbent and the remaining third erect; these hairs completely obscure the ground color and increase slightly in length as one moves posteriorly to the calli, giving the vestiture of the thorax the look of neatly trimmed erect yellow pile; female similar, except that the hairs are more golden yellow, and perhaps three-fourths of them are recumbent, this proportion decreasing posteriorly, giving the vestiture of the thorax a silky golden-yellow aspect when viewed from a distance

tuft of hairs in front of wings black

tuft of hairs in front of haltere mostly to entirely yellow

scutellar hairs disk covered with more-or-less recumbent, medium-length yellow hairs, margin with row of erect long yellow hairs

ground color of legs from a distance the ground color appears to be black, but when viewed with a dissecting microscope, from an angle the surface appears to be blue black, and when viewed directly, that is from right angles, with artificial light, it appears to be very dark reddish brown; the surface is also highly reflective and where yellow hairs are present on the tibiae, reflects these as light reddish brown

fore- and mid-tibiae in male, fore-tibiae yellow haired posteriorly on about lower two-thirds, mid-tibiae yellow haired posteriorly on about lower half; legs entirely black haired in female

hind tibiae black haired

hind femora weak line of scattered yellow hairs stretching dorsally from near base to about three fourths way to apex; a few scattered yellow hairs also present ventrally near base; "knee" or apex black haired