Posterior vertical surface of propodeum irregularly or coarsely granular; length of propodeal disc equal to or shorter than metanotum....A. gratiosa
Posterior vertical surface of propodeum finely and evenly granular or smooth; length of disc equal to or slightly greater than length of metanotum....A. aurata
Hind basitarsis with erect hairs of two distinctly different lengths (exclusive of basal tuft), longest hairs at least twice as long as width of segment, usually curved at tips, basal third of hind basitarsus bearing long curved hairs, four times as long as width of segment; least antennal segment entirely dark brown; fifth metasomal sternum with greenish reflections.....A. gratiosa
Hind basitarsis with erect hairs of similar lengths (exclusive of basal tuft), 1.5 times as long as width of segment or less; all hairs straight....A. aurata
County Records: FSCA: Brevard, Miami-Dade, Highlands, Duval, Pasco, Alachua, Orange, Levy Ordway (1966): Broward, Collier, Alachua, Brevard, Dixie, Duval, Flager, Glades Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jackson, Levy, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, St. Johns, Seminole. Volusia
Locations:
Dates: March 2-Nov. 13
Plants: Opuntia, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Viburnum rufidulum, Rubus, Aster
Notes: The map in Ordway (1966) shows this species occurring throughout Florida.
County Records: FSCA: Alachua, Levy, Miami-Dade, Gilchrist, Lake, Highlands, Polk, Sarasota, Marion, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, St. Lucie; Ordway (1966): Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Collier, Dade, Duval, Gadsden, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Lucie, Volusia
Locations:
Dates: Feb.-December
Plants: Crotalaria pumila, Sysrynchium,Sabal palmetto, Salx caroliniana, Bidens (UM); Sabal palmetto, Warea carteri, Lepidium virginicum, Opuntia austrina, Croton linearis, Callicarpa americana, Chamaecrista aspera, Piriqueta tomentosa, Pcynothymus rigidus, Galactia floridana, Agalinis purpurea, Solidago angustifolia, Pityopsis graminifolia, Aster sp., Bidens alba, Helianthus debilis, Chrysobalanus icaco, Jacquemontia reclinata (Graenicher 1930, listed as Augochlora festiva).
Notes: The map in Ordway (1966) shows this species occurring throughout Florida.
