Leioproctus (Hadrocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879)

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 : 80

Leioproctus (Hadrocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879)

Lamprocolletes fulvus *Smith 1879: 9 ; Dalla Torre, 1896: 48.

Paracolletes megachalceus * Cockerell 1913c: 374, 1934: 29 . syn.n.

Paracolletes fulvus (Smith) . Cockerell 1934: 27.

Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) fulvus (Smith) . Michener 1965: 63.

Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) megachalceus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 63.

Types

Lamprocolletes fulvus — Queensland: holotype ♀ , Queensland ( BMNH 17 a.502) .

Paracolletes megachalceus — New South Wales: holotype ♀, Clarence R., Wilson ( BMNH 17 a.470) .

Additional material examined: 11♀, 4♂ Queensland: Cooloola. New South Wales: Clarence R. South Australia: 8.5 k E Keith; Meningie .

Months collected: March, June, September.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female — Length about 11 mm; head and mesosoma brown; clypeus, legs pronotum and anterior scutum orange; metasoma orange with slight metallic purple tinge. Head— Frons flat, mostly obscured by dense long, whitish hair; F3–11 with segments little longer than wide, F1–2 a little shorter than wide; supraclypeal area with branched hairs laterally; clypeus orange, elevated, flat with strong, large punctures; malar space very broad, length about 0.6 x width of base of mandibles, basally covered in dense, short fine, hair, apically glabrous; mandibles large, thick, orange; gena about as wide as eye rounded with dense weak punctures with shiny interspaces. Mesosoma — Scutum with hair very dense around base of tegulae and spiracle cover lobe; lateral mesosoma as for scutum but hair white; metanotum with broad rounded protuberance. Wings with hair sparse, particularly basally; membrane of wings clear; tegulae translucent. Fore tibial spur with 4–6 moderately thick teeth; inner hind tibial spur long, slender with about 6 well-spaced teeth; basitarsus with long posterior fringe. Metasoma— Gradulus absent; apical margins transparent; hair of dorsal surface orange, long, moderately dense with many short branches; prepygidial fimbria very dense coarse, orange hair; pygidial plate large, broad, flat; metasomal fovea indicated by large brown spot on T2; sterna with very dense, long, pale plumose hair. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 12 mm. Head— Flagellum simple, F1–2 length less than or equal to width, F3–11 length greater than width; clypeal hair semierect, dense, branched, yellow. Mesosoma — Metanotum with a small median nodule; hind basitibial plate apically pointed, anterior margin less clearly defined than posterior margin. Metasoma— Width of metasoma broad, moderately dense with long shaggy hair, apical tergal margins clear, T7 bare medially; sternum covered in long, dense branched hair, S5 with apical fringe S6 with lateral tufts of hair. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 142–144.