Leioproctus (Minycolletes) insitus, Maynard, 2013

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 : 90

Leioproctus (Minycolletes) insitus sp.n.

Type

Leioproctus (Minycolletes) insitus — Queensland: holotype ♀, 2 miles (3.2 k) S Nanango, 7.x.1978, T.F. Houston off daisy blossom ( SAM); paratypes 1♀, 3♂, Amiens, 4.xi.1965, J.C. Cardale ( QM) .

Additional material examined: 1♀ Queensland: N of Caloundra.

Months collected: October, November.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Leptospermum ; daisy blossom.

Female— Length ca 7 mm; integument brown to black; hair mostly white. Head —Hair moderately dense, white moderately long, semierect; ventral flagellum yellow, antennal sockets shallowly depressed; supraclypeal area shallowly raised, punctate; apical tooth of mandible large, dorsal tooth clearly defined; labial palp just reaching apex of extended glossa, segments subequal in length. Mesosoma —Hair pale brown, long, moderately dense; propodeal triangle polished, lateral foveae not extending into basal area, tegulae translucent brown, first recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell towards the apex. Basitibial plate a little less than 0.25 x length of tibia, covered in thick black hairs; apex pointed; hind tibial scopa pale brown dorsally; inner hind tibial spur with about 11 fine teeth. Metasoma —Hair of terga short, fine, appressed; prepygidial fimbria brown, covering about 0.75 x width of T5; pygidial plate granular, apex narrow. Male —As for female except as follows: Length ca 6 mm. Head —All flagella segments with length less than width. Mesosoma —Hair sparse. Metasoma —T7 bare medially; S5 with a long, apical fringe, with truncate apical margin. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 172–174.