Leioproctus (Colletellus) lucidus 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 : 140-142

Leioproctus (Colletellus) lucidus Leijs sp. n. Figure 21 A–F

Specimens examined.

(1♀): Holotype female, 12 km ENE of Bungalbin Hill (30.29S; 119.69E), 11 Sep. 1979, Houston, T.F. et al., WAM 19833.

Diagnosis.

Integument of most body parts smooth and shiny, terga with narrow transparent posterior margins and open fringes of white hairs.

Male unknown.

Description.

Female: body length: 6 mm; head width: 1.9 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 3.2, AOD 8.0, HL 37, IAD 9.8, LFW 31, OAD 13, OOD 9.7, OW 17, UFW 34, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.57, FSR 0.97, SFR 1.04.

Structure: terga anteriorly not depressed; BTP rounded; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.26; inner hind tibial spur pectinate with 5 strong teeth; clypeus ventral margin width about half ocellar diameter.

Sculpture: scutum smooth, openly punctate; metapostnotum smooth with shallow microsculpture; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus smooth, openly to closely punctate; supraclypeal area smooth, openly to closely punctate; ocellocular area smooth, almost no punctures; frons smooth openly to closely punctate; scape below shiny with sparse punctures.

Coloration: terga anteriorly brown, posterior margins transparent orange; scopa light brown hairs; labrum dark-brown; mandibles red-brown darker at basis; scape dark-brown; flagellum dark brown, apical 7 segments brown.

Pubescence: scutum: medium to short, sparse brown; scutellum: medium to short, sparse brown; sterna S5 with fringe of dense white hairs.

Flower records.

No data.

Distribution.

Figure 21F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the smooth and shiny integument on head, scutum and terga of this species.