Goniocolletes colletellus (Cockerell, 1905)

Maynard, Glynn Vivian, 2013, Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa, Zootaxa 3715 (1), pp. 1-114 : 103

Goniocolletes colletellus (Cockerell, 1905)

Paracolletes colletellus * Cockerell 1905c: 485 ; 1906: 29; 1934: 24.

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) colletellus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 66.

Types

Paracolletes colletellus — Northern Territory: holotype ♂, Adelaide River ( BMNH 17 a. 431); paratype, ♂, same data as holotype ( BMNH) .

Additional material examined: 4♀, 11♂. Queensland: 7 miles (11.2k) W Charleville; 4 miles (6.4k) W Charleville; Dulbydilla Ck, 29k E Morven; 8 k W Cunnamulla. New South Wales: 80 k NE Wentworth. Victoria: 20 miles (32k) SE Mildura. Western Australia: Great Northern Highway , 9 k N Newman turnoff; 10 k E Carnarvon .

Months collected: January, November, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus camaldulensis , Eucalyptus floribunda , Eucalyptus largiflorens , Eucalyptus spp ..

Female —Length ca 10 mm, head and mesosoma dark brown to black. Head —Clypeus often mottled orange; mandibles orange with dark tips; facial fovea impressed, most strongly above, clearly defined all round; scape yellow, denudate; flagellum yellow ventrally, darker dorsally; hair appressed on supraclypeal area and clypeus; malar space length about 0.16 x width at the base of the mandibles, polished. Mesosoma — Propodeum often paler than surrounding area, legs pale orange; propodeal triangle with basal area clearly defined smooth to slightly roughened; inner hind tibial spur obscured by dense, fine branched hairs. Metasoma —Integument pale orange with occasional black patches; apical tergal margins translucent; T2–4 with short appressed apical and basal hair bands; T1 basally with moderately long, dense hair; caudal fimbria dense, pale brown; pygidial plate flat, rough, broadly rounded apically; gradulus indistinct. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 9 mm. Head —Malar space almost non-existent; entire face covered in pale yellow dense, appressed hair; long, white to pale yellow beard. Mesosoma —Legs simple, brown, with femoral-tibial joints yellow. Metasoma— Most with a definite black apex; hair bands weak; pygidial plate clearly defined triangular area; S3–5 with short, white sternal fringes; S5 fringe weak. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 202–204.