Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) worsfoldi ( Cockerell, 1906 )

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 : 95-96

Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) worsfoldi ( Cockerell, 1906)

Paracolletes worsfoldi * Cockerell 1906: 24 , 29; 1929d: 308; 1934: 38; Rayment, 1953: 3.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) worsfoldi (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 47, 52.

Type

Western Australia — holotype ♀ , Western Australia, 1903 ( BMNH 17 a.423)

Additional material examined: 15♀, 21♂ Western Australia: 126 miles (201.6 k) N Geraldton; Northampton; Eradu; Kojarena, N Geraldton; Moora; 29 k NE Bullfinch; 9 miles (14.4 k) N New Norica; 30 miles (48 k) E Southern Cross; Moorine Rock; Darlington (450ft); Yallingup; Mt Barker; King George Sound ( QM).

Months collected: August, September, October, November.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female — Length ca 11mm. Head— Hair of dorsal frons dark, elsewhere whitish; inner eye margins parallel;

mandibles slender; maxillary palps reaching beyond apex of maxillae; labial palps not reaching apex of glossa. Mesosoma — Dorsal mesosoma weakly punctate; long, pale brown hair; propodeal triangle rough basally, no transverse carina delimiting area; inner hid tibial spur with about 3 thick, widely spaced teeth. Metasoma— T2–4 with narrow, white apical hair bands; caudal fimbria black; pygidial plate narrow, surface smooth; sterna with long, branched hair mostly on band along apical margin. Male— Length ca 10 mm; entirely black except for tibia and tarsi, hair of head and mesosoma orange, metasomal hair dark orange. Head— Inner eye margins curved, converging at lower orbitals; lower clypeus impunctate and bare; hair yellow and strongly branched; gena slightly constricted behind eyes; malar area polished. Mesosoma — Integument weakly punctate with interspaces slightly roughened; scutellum with anterior area polished; dorsal mesosoma covered in long orange hair; all tibia and tarsi yellow; tegulae translucent. Metasoma— Integument weakly punctate with rough interspaces; T1–6 with long, shaggy hair with short hair in between; T7 with bare median area; apices of segments paler than rest of segments; S4–5 with long, thick emarginate fringes; S6 broad and flat. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 190–192.