FIGURES 7A–B. Fig. 7A in A new species of Samba s. str. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) from the Turkana Basin, Kenya with observations on the function of the metatibial spur in females

FIGURES 7A–B. Fig. 7A. Samba turkana foraging on Crotalaria sp. at Nachekichok, South Turkwel, Turkana County, Kenya. Note the bee gripping the standard petal with its mandibles (a), and the use of the middle legs to force apart the wing petals (b), while exposing the keel, forced down by the bees' grip, to comb the anthers for pollen (c) passing them through the gap between the hind–tibial spur and the inner surface of the hind–leg. Fig. 7B. Apex of hind leg of a female S. turkana to show pollen collected by the metatibial spur (arrow).