Leioproctus (Colletellus) pilotapilus 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 : 145

Leioproctus (Colletellus) pilotapilus Leijs sp. n. Figure 24 A–N

Specimens examined.

(3♂, 6♀): Holotype female, 41km E of Charlies Knob (24.6808S; 124.9858E), 01 Aug. 1983, Houston, T.F. & McMillan, R.P., on Schoenia cassiniana , WAM 12401;

Allotype male, WAM 12402 same data as holotype;

Paratypes 1 male, 41km E of Charlies Knob (24.6808S; 124.9858E), 01 Aug. 1983, Houston, T.F. & McMillan, R.P., on Schoenia cassiniana , WAM 12402-3; 1 female, 1 male, 11 km SW of Leake, Mount (25.8486S; 119.0769E), 16 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on Podolepis canescens , WAM 12404-5; male, Cohen, Lake (24.4508S; 125.0308E), 01 Aug. 1983, Houston, T.F. & McMillan, R.P., on Schoenia cassiniana , WAM 12406; female, Throssell, Lake (27.6230S; 124.1144E), 13 Sep. 1982, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on Helichrysum ?, WAM 12407; 2 females, 11 km NNE of Anketell (27.9872S; 118.9508E), 04 Sep. 1981, Houston, T.F., WAM 19836-7; female, 10 km NNW of Meedo (25.6991S; 114.7175E), 23 Aug. 1980, Howard, C.A. & Houston, T.F., on Helipterum craspedioides , WAM 19840.

Diagnosis.

Ocellocular area smooth with dispersed punctures, metapostnotum with minute shallow pit-reticulation, female scutum covered with dense short brown pubescence, BTP rounded, inner hind tibial spur strongly pectinate, terga with transparent posterior margins.

Description.

Female holotype: body length: 6.6 mm; head width: 1.8 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.3, AOD 9.2, HL 39, IAD 9.4, LFW 31, OAD 16, OOD 9.9, OW 17, UFW 35, HW/HL 1.3, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.22, FSR 1.00, SFR 0.86.

Structure: terga anteriorly little depressed; BTP rounded; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.16; inner hind tibial spur pectinate with 4 large spines.

Sculpture: scutum smooth, closely punctate; metapostnotum minute shallow pit-reticulate; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus smooth, openly to closely punctate, ventral margin narrow brown; supraclypeal area smooth, openly to closely punctate; ocellocular area dull, finely pit-reticulate; frons smooth openly to closely punctate; scape shiny but not smooth.

Coloration: terga anteriorly brown, posterior margins wide, transparent orange; white lateral hair bands on T2-3, T4 entire; scopa white; mandibles brown with dark tip; labrum brown; scape black; flagellum brown-black.

Pubescence: scutum: short, close, brown; scutellum: short, close, brown; S2-4 with rows of long openly spaced branched hairs, S5 with fringe of closely spaced branched hairs.

Description.

Male: measurements: body length: 5.9 mm; head width: 1.85 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.8, AOD 7.3, HL 41, IAD 8.7, LFW 28, OAD 15, OOD 10.3, OW 18, UFW 36, HW/HL 1.2, LFW/UFW 0.8. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.24, FSR 0.93, SFR 1.00.

Structure: terga anteriorly little depressed; BTP rounded; F4-11 about as wide as long. S7: dorsal apical lobe absent, ventral apical lobe large, with robust simple setae on ventral apical lobe.

Sculpture: scutum smooth with microsculpture, sparsely punctate; metapostnotum dullish, minute shallow pit-reticulate, some transverse striation medio-anteriorly; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus smooth, openly to closely punctate; supraclypeal area smooth, openly to closely punctate; ocellocular area shiny, micro-reticulate; frons smooth openly to closely punctate; scape dull.

Coloration: terga anteriorly brown-black, posterior margins wide, transparent orange; mandibles brown with reddish tip; labrum black; scape brown-black; flagellum brown.

Pubescence: scutum: long, open, whitish; scutellum: long, open, whitish; scape with white, plumose pubescence.

Flower records.

Helipterum craspedioides ( Asteraceae ), Helichrysum ? sp. ( Asteraceae ), Podolepis canescens ( Asteraceae ), Schoenia cassiniana ( Asteraceae ).

Distribution.

Figure 24F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the dense and short pubescence on the scutum.