Anthoglossa aureotincta Cockerell, 1906 , p. 16
Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) aureotinctus
Revision of the Australian Bee Genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini)
Batley, Michael
Records of the Australian Museum
2012
Rec. Aust. Mus.
2012-05-23
64
1
1
50
7D3MM
(Cockerell)
Cockerell
1906
[910,1396,1416,1442]
Insecta
Colletidae
Trichocolletes
Animalia
Hymenoptera
9
9
Arthropoda
species
aureotinctus
Anthoglossa aureotincta Cockerell, 1906, p. 16(female). Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) aureotinctus.— Michener, 1965, p. 79.
Specimens examined. The holotype ♀, Perth, W. Australia, 93-198, Anthophoraaurotincta (handwritten label, presumably in error), BMNH Hym17.a.397 and the following. Western Australia: 2♂, 12.5 kmENE Anketell, 6–7 Sep. 1981, T. F Houston, on flowers of Baeckea stowardii, WAM(13647, 19124); ♀, 34 kmENE Cosmo Newberry Mission, 12 Sep. 1982, B. Hanich& T. F. Houston, on flowers of Swainsona, WAM(13836); 4♂, 11♀, 37 kmNE Laverton, 10–12 Sep. 1982, B. Hanich& T. F. Houston, on flowers of Kennedia nematoclada& Daviesia aff. grahami, WAM(13824–34, 13641–44); ♀, 32 kmN Mingenew, 14 Sep.1987, T. F.Houston, on flowers of Dampiera, WAM(13562); 2♂, 30 kmW Sandstone, 7 Sep. 1981, T. F Houston, on flowers of Daviesia grahami, WAM(13645–46). Diagnosis Eyes not hairy; metasomal bands moderately broad, silver or pale gold, ferruginous across anterior margins; metasoma sericeus. Male scape black; mid basitarsus broadened distally. Female with large inner ramus on tarsal claws. Descriptions Male (WAM 13642).— Headwidth 3.7 mm, body length 10.1 mm. Relative dimensions: HW 50, HL 36, UID 33, UFW 31, LID 28, DMA 26, HVO 4, WOC 13, MOD 4, OOD 9, ML 15, BMW 6.5, MSL 1, SL 13, SW 3, FL c. 50.— Eyesnot hairy; inner orbits convergent ventrally; malar space short (length c. 0.15× basal mandibular width); length flagellum equal to head width; middle flagellomeres c. 1.5× as long as wide. Legs slender; hind tarsus 1.3× as long as tibia; length basitarsus 6.0× as long as wide; basitibial area with distinct posterior edge almost reaching apex. Gonoforceps with hair of moderate length (Fig. 29); S7 with broad lateral lobes fused to ligulate processes subsuming basal teeth, posterior projections absent (Fig. 46).— Mandiblemedially amber; labrum, tibiae, tarsi and distal ends of femora orange-brown, fore and mid tibiae with dark infuscations; flagellum ventrally mid-brown; ventral rim clypeus, flagellum dorsally dark brown. T1–5 with broad silver or pale gold bands, ferruginous across anterior margins; T7 red-brown.— Clypeusreticulate with dense, large punctures except apically impunctate and polished. Scutumdull with strong pit-reticulation and indistinct, open punctures.— Facewith long, plumose, white hair, gena with white hair forming a beard; scutumwith open, long, finely-branched, white hair; fore coxa, trochanter and tibia with long white hair; remainder of legs with sparse hair only. Female (WAM 13831).— Headwidth 4.05 mm, body length 11.7 mm. Relative dimensions: HW 50, HL 35, UID 32, UFW 33, LID 30, DMA 28, HVO 3, WOC 15, MOD 4, OOD 8, IAD 6.5, ASD 3, AOD9, ML 18, BMW 5.5, MSL 1, SL 15, SW 2.5, FL c. 28.— Eyesnot hairy; face almost quadrate, inner orbits slightly convergent ventrally; malar space short (length c. 0.15× basal mandibular width); clypeus smoothly convex; middle flagellomeres as long as wide; inner hind tibial spur with c. 10 long, closely-spaced teeth; pygidial plate minutely emarginate, medial elevation broad.— Labrum, mandible medially, ventral margin of clypeus, anterior faces fore tibia and tarsus orange-brown; remainder of legs brown. T1–4 with broad, pale gold or silver bands, broadly ferruginous across anterior margin.— Clypeusreticulate with large, dense punctures except ventral margin impunctate and polished; supraclypeal area with large, close to dense punctures; frontal carina ending in sharp point on supraclypeal area. Sculpture of scutumas for male.— Facewith long, plumose hair; dense, white on apicolateral corners of clypeus and in paraocular areas; sparse on supraclypeal area and remainder of clypeus; dense, pale orange-brown on frons and vertex. Scutumwith open, long, orange-brown hair; hind tibial scopal hair white except rich brown near basitibial area. T2–5 sericeous with simple, semi-adpressed, amber hair; prepygidial fimbria golden-brown.
Remarks. The male has not previously been described. Only the holotypeis recorded from as far south as Perth. Given the age of the specimen, the location may be approximate. This species is referred to as F246 and M 225 in Houston (2000).
Distribution. Western Australiaeast of Geraldton (GS, GVD, MUR, SWA?) ( Fig. 82).
BMNH
Perth, W & Hym
Anthophora
Australia
9
9
1
1
Western Australia
holotype
1981-09-06
1981-09-07
1981-09-06
T
F Houston
Anketell
9
9
2
2
Western Australia
holotype
1982-09-12
T
B. Hanich & F. Houston
Cosmo Newberry Mission
9
9
1
1
Western Australia
holotype
1982-09-10
1982-09-12
1982-09-10
T
B. Hanich & F. Houston
Laverton
9
9
15
11
4
Western Australia
holotype
1987-09-14
T
F. Houston
Mingenew
9
9
1
1
Western Australia
holotype
1981-09-07
T
F Houston
Sandstone
9
9
2
2
Western Australia
holotype