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Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) flavomaculatus Maynard 2013, n.comb.

Description

Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) flavomaculatus (Cockerell, 1905) n.comb.

Paracolletes flavomaculatus * Cockerell 1905c: 479; 1910a: 201; 1934: 27.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) flavomaculatus (Cockerell). Michener 1965: 50.

Type

Paracolletes flavomaculatus — holotype ♂, Australia (BMNH 17 a.435).

Additional material examined: 9♀, 8♂ Queensland: Kuranda; Poona Lake, Cooloola; Bunya Mountains.

Months collected: March, November.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female —Length ca 9 mm, head and mesosoma black with black to brown mesosoma and legs. Mesosoma Scutellum covered in dense yellow hair; tubercle on metanotum minute; propodeal triangle with basal area clearly defined, transverse carina delimiting basal area depressed medially. Metasoma —Metasomal foveae not depressed, flush with the surface. Male Length ca 8 mm. Head— Frons partly or completely covered in dense yellow hair; paraocular area with dense, appressed pale to dark yellow hair. Mesosoma — Hair of scutum and scutellum dense, orange. Metasoma— Fovea vaguely indicated; S4 with moderate length fringe. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 127–129.

Notes

Published as part of Maynard, Glynn Vivian, 2013, Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa, pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 3715 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3715.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6507387

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Colletidae
Genus
Leioproctus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 17
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Maynard
Species
flavomaculatus
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) flavomaculatus (Cockerell, 1905) sec. Maynard, 2013

References

  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905 c) Descriptions and records of bees - v. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7 (16), 477 - 486. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480509443075
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910 a) New and little known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 36, 199 - 249.
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1934) The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist, 8, 2 - 38.
  • Michener, C. D. (1965) A classification of the bees of the Australian and south pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 33, 1 - 365.