Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) argentifrons (Smith, 1879) 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 : 72

Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) argentifrons (Smith, 1879) n.comb.

Lamprocolletes argentifrons *Smith 1879: 11 ; Dalla Torre 1896: 47.

Paracolletes argentifrons (Smith) . Cockerell 1905a: 346; 1934: 22.

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

Type

Lamprocolletes argentifrons — Western Australia: holotype ♂, Swan R. ( BMNH 17 a.577)

Additional material examined: 2♂ Victoria: Gunbower. Western Australia: no further data .

Months collected: March.

Floral visitations: None known.

Female — Unknown. Male — Length ca 11mm. Head— Face below median ocellus covered in dense, white hair, appressed on lower paraocular area; F1, F2 length less than width; F3–11 length greater than width. Mesosoma — Hair long, black dorsally; metanotum with low median tubercle; propodeal with basal area rough, not clearly defined. Legs orange-brown except for hind tibia, coxa and trochanter; fore tibia with long, white, posterior fringe. Metasoma— Tergal margins translucent; T2–3 with broad basal band of short, white hair; T7 broad, flat, rounded apically, more or less hairless with no clearly defined pygidial plate; S3–5 with long, thick, dense, apical fringe; S5 apical fringe shorter than of S3–4; S6 with median tuft of moderate length hair. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 121–123.