Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) ruficornis (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 : 95

Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) ruficornis (Smith, 1879)

Lamprocolletes ruficornis *Smith 1879: 10 .

Paracolletes ruficornis (Smith) . Cockerell 1905a: 347; 1934: 35. Rayment 1935: 672.

Paracolletes velutinus * Cockerell 1929c: 208 ; 1934: 37. syn.n.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) ruficornis (Smith) . Michener 1965: 52.

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) velutinus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 66.

Types

Lamprocolletes ruficornis — holotype ♂, Western Australia ( BMNH 17 a.516) .

Paracolletes velutinus — Western Australia: holotype ♂, Eradu, 8.ix.1926, Nicholson ( AM) .

The holotypes of Lamprocolletes ruficornis and Paracolletes velutinus , which are both male, show no significant morphological differences.

Additional material examined: 46♀, 17♂ South Australia: Culburra. Western Australia: Yuin station NE Mullewa; Mt Singleton; Bolgart ; Newdegate ; Tutanning Reserve 18–25km E of Pingelly ; North Eneabba Reserve 30 km N of Eneabba ; south Eneabba Reserve ; Arrowsmith R, Robb Rd 22 km N of Eneabba

Months collected: August, September, October, November.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Verticordia cerrata ; Rutaceae : Boronia capitata .

Female — Length ca 11 mm. Head— Inner eye margins straight, parallel; face covered in off-white semierect, much-branched hair; F2 slightly short than others; middle labial palp segments shorter than apical or basal segments. Mesosoma — Scutum mostly covered in dark hair with subcentral bare polished area; propodeal triangle vertical. Legs with basitibial plate broad and short with a wide, flat border, covered in short thick hairs; hind tibial scopa mostly whitish with outer darker median area; inner hind tibial spur with only 2 very widely spaced teeth. Metasoma— Dorsal integument with small very dense punctures; T1 with sparse, erect, plumose, long, whitish hairs; T1–4 with complete narrow apical bands of white hair; T5 densely covered in orange hair; pygidium apically rounded and flat; sterna with moderately dense, long white hair, branched and simple. Male — Length ca 10 mm. Head— Densely covered in yellow hair; flagellum yellow; gena covered in dense yellow hair; labrum moderately wide; mandibles slender. Mesosoma — Hair moderately dense, long, yellow; all tibiae and tarsi pale yellow; coxae, trochanters and proximal femora black. Metasoma— Sternal fringes yellow. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 187– 189.