Leioproctus (Colletellus) similis 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 : 150

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

Treatment

Leioproctus (Colletellus) similis Leijs sp. n. Figure 28 A–F

Specimens examined.

(4♀): Holotype female, Mt Gibson Stn (29.8014S; 117.4028E), 28 Aug. 2001, Leijs, R., on Borya , SAMA 32-033482;

Paratypes 2 females, Paynes Find (29.2636S; 117.6831E), 01 Aug. 1982, Main, B.Y., WAM 12366-7; female, 22 km E of Bullfinch (30.7866S; 119.1144E), 18 Sep. 1979, Houston, T.F. et al., WAM 12380.

Diagnosis.

Ocellocular area dull, finely roughened, frons dull roughly pit-reticulate, scutum medium length dense brown pubescence, terga dark with brown transparent posterior margins.

Male unknown.

Description.

Female holotype: body length: 5.8 mm; head width: 2 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.8, AOD 8.4, HL 37, IAD 11.7, LFW 31, OAD 12, OOD 9.5, OW 17, UFW 35, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.68, FSR 1.00, SFR 1.10.

Structure: terga anteriorly; BTP pointed; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.3; inner hind tibial spur ciliate.

Sculpture: scutum anteriorly transverse lineo-reticulate, densely punctate; metapostnotum fine pit-reticulate; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus dull, microroughened, with open large punctures; supraclypeal area somewhat shiny, with microsculpture without punctures; ocellocular area dull, finely roughened; frons dull roughly pit-reticulate.

Coloration: terga anteriorly brown-orange, posterior margins transparent orange; scopa brown; labrum black; mandibles black; scape black; flagellum black.

Pubescence: scutum: medium length, brown; scutellum: medium length, brown; S2-4 medially on posterior margin with long simple hairs.

Flower records.

Borya sp. ( Boryaceae ).

Distribution.

Figure 28F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the common habitus of this species within this subgenus.