Agapostemon viequesensis Cockerell

FEMALES (genus) (From The Bees of the World – Michener 2007)

3 submarginal cells
Scopa present from hind trochanter to tibia, forming corbicula underside of femur
T5 with well developed longitudinal median zone of fine punctuation and commonly short, dense hairs, this zone dividing prepygidial fimbria (aka lines of hair dividing the abdomen tergums)
Apical labral process with strong longitudinal keel on anterior surface (like a protruding line on the apical process of the labrum)
Distal veins of forewing strong; coloration and hair bands variable.
T1 to T4 without bands of hairs or with basal bands of hairs (t1 and t2 only); body coloration variable sometimes bright metallic green or blue
Posterior surface of propodeum (first true abdominal segment on the back end of thorax) enclosed by strong carina

Length Female about 8 mm
anterior wing 6
Head and thorax brilliant bluish green
lower margin of clypeus broadly black
labrum and mandibles red the latter black subapically
sides of face and front suffused with purple blue
flagellum dull ferruginous beneath but the last joint bright ferruginous on both sides
clypeus and supraclypcal area shining
mesothorax dull minutely granular
scutellum rather yellowish green shining somewhat bigibbous
area of metathorax purple poorly defined with obscure rugae
posterior truncation bright green with a sharp edge
tegulae light ferruginous
Wings dusky hyaline
stigma clear honey colour
second sm receiving first rn a considerable distance from its end (near middle of cell)
Legs light ferruginous with pale yellowish hair that on outer sides of tibiae more or less fuscous
Abdomen mainly metallic green with blue-purple shades on apical half, but the first three segments have transverse median bands of light-reddish brown where the surface is not metallic
bases of segments with pale tomentum venter mainly pale fulvous
The extreme bases of the abdominal segments are testaceous but the apical margins sliding over them are not noticeably discoloured

MALES (genus) (From The Bees of the World – Michener 2007)

3 submarginal cells
T1 to T4 without bands of hairs or with basal bands of hairs (t1 and t2 only); but without apical bands;
Body coloration variable, sometimes bright metallic green or blue
Gonostylus larger (Genitalia), more elaborate, often with long processers or folds or bifid, more than half as long as wide as gonocoxite or both; distal veins of forewing as strong as first submarginal crossvein
Posterior surface of propodeum (first true abdominal segment on the back end of thorax) enclosed by strong carina