Goniocolletes fimbriatus (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 : 106

Goniocolletes fimbriatus (Smith, 1879)

Leioproctus fimbriatus *Smith 1879: 6 ; Dalla Torre, 1896: 47.

Paracolletes fimbriatus (Smith) . Cockerell 1905a: 348; 1934: 26.

Paracolletes clarus *Rayment 1935: 669 . syn.n.

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) clarus (Rayment) . Michener 1965: 66.

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) fimbriatus Smith. Michener 1965: 66 .

The holotype of Paracolletes clarus is female and shows no significant variation to that of Leioproctus fimbriatus .

Types

Leioproctus fimbriatus — Australia, holotype ♀ ( BMNH 17 a.501) .

Paracolletes clarus — Victoria: holotype ♀, Sea Lake , xii.1916, Gouldie ( ANIC) .

Additional material examined: 29♀, 6♂ Queensland: Angellala Creek, 23 k W Morven (26˚ 25' 146˚ 53'E). New South Wales: Barham; Cobar; Caldwell. Victoria: Hattah; Normanville; Ararat; Emerald; Cranbourne. South Australia: 1.5 miles (2.4 k) SE Mt Illbillee, Everard Reserve ; 31 k N Pinaroo; 8 miles (12.4 k) SW Kimba; 0.5 k S Morgan Vale HS; Hartley; 4miles (6.2k) E Hartley; Sherlock; 7 k W Sherlock. Western Australia: 18 k S Cataby via Dandargan .

Months collected: January, March, April, October, November, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus spp. , Eucalyptus angulosa , Eucalyptus socialis , Eucalyptus brachycalyx .

Female —Length ca 12 mm; head and mesosoma black, metasoma orange. Head— Facial fovea strongly impressed on dorsal margin, weakly defined on ventral margin; supraclypeal and clypeus black to orange; hair white; mandibles dark red; malar space polished red, length about 0.25 x width; labrum with median ridge. Mesosoma —Integument black to dark orange; hair dense, pale brown; inner hind tibial spur with 5–8 thick, widely space teeth; hind basitibial plate obscured by dense, moderately coarse, mostly unbranched hair; propodeal triangle with basal area smooth, narrower than length of metanotum, delimited by strong carina, vertical area mostly polished with dorsal lateral area roughened with weak lines. Metasoma— Integument pale to dark orange occasionally with black patches; hair sparse at most with weak, white hair bands on T3,4; caudal fimbria coarse, dense, black; apical margins translucent; gradulus weak; pygidial plate broadly rounded apically with convex median area, smooth but not polished. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 9 mm. Head— Malar space length about 0.2 x width of base of mandible; scape almost hairless; flagellum simple, yellow below, darker above; hair yellow mostly appressed below, above not appressed; long, white hair on lower gena. Mesosoma — Integument black, legs dark, orange tarsi. Metasoma —Integument orange with usually black apex to the metasoma and black patches; S3–4 with short white, apical fringe; pygidium often orange, lateral margins clearly defined, triangular. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 214–216.