Leioproctus (Colletellus) albiscopis Leijs

Leijs, Remko, Dorey, James & Hogendoorn, Katja, 2018, Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus), ZooKeys 811, pp. 109-168 : 122-124

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924
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scientific name	Leioproctus (Colletellus) albiscopis Leijs
status	sp. n.

Treatment

Leioproctus (Colletellus) albiscopis Leijs sp. n. Figure 8 A–F

Specimens examined.

(2♀): Holotype female, Arrowsmith River (29.6166S; 115.2881E), WA, 03 Oct. 1997, Houston, T.F., on Allocasuarina campestris , WAM 19109; paratype female, same locality data as holotype, WAM 19108.

Diagnosis.

Integument mostly black, scopa white, ocellocular area shiny near eye, coarsely irregular roughened near ocellus; frons coarsely reticulate striate.

Male unknown.

Description.

Female holotype: body length: 6.2 mm; head width: 2 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 3.4, AOD 10.2, HL 36, IAD 8.4, LFW 32, OAD 12, OOD 8.8, OW 17, UFW 33, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.88, FSR 1.00, SFR 1.00.

Structure: terga anteriorly not depressed; BTP pointed, broad; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.29; inner hind tibial spur ciliate; flagellum long, F4-9 slightly longer than wide; scape long, reaching ocellus, smooth.

Sculpture: scutum anteriorly transverse lineo-reticulate, remainder openly punctate; metapostnotum smooth, shallow lineo-reticulate; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus shiny, with medium to large sparse punctures; supraclypeal area shiny, with medium to large sparse punctures; labrum brown-black; ocellocular area shiny near eye, coarsely irregular roughened near ocellus; frons coarsely reticulate striate.

Coloration: terga anteriorly brown black, posterior margins brownish, not transparent; scopa grey-white with darker pubescence towards BTP; mandibles brown.

Pubescence: scutum: medium length with sparse, long, grey brown hairs; scutellum: sparse, long, grey brown along edges; sterna white-grey fringe at S5.

Flower records.

Allocasuarina campestris ( Casuarinaceae ).

Distribution.

Figure 8F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the white scopa pubescence on the hind tibia of the female.