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Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) perminutus Maynard 2013, n.comb

Description

Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) perminutus (Cockerell, 1929) n.comb

Lamprocolletes minutus * Friese 1924: 221 [junior homonym of Paracolletes minutus Cockerell, 1916a].

Paracolletes perminutus * Cockerell 1929b: 2–3; 1934: 32.

Leioproctus (Microcolletes) perminutus (Cockerell). Michener 1965: 55.

Type

Paracolletes perminutus — Western Australia: holotype ♀, Fremantle, August, 1906, Frank (AMNH).

Additional material examined: 1♀ Western Australia: Port Headland.

Months collected: February.

Floral visitations: Fabaceae: Acacia.

Female —Length ca 8 mm, hair white. Head— Facial fovea indicated by lateral polished areas; hair moderately dense, medium length, denser on paraocular area near the antennal sockets; mandibles orange basally with large apical tooth; palps just reaching apex of maxillae, subequal in length. Mesosoma —Hair similar to that on face, except on lateral scutellum where there is a dense patch; metanotum is protuberant medially with a tuft of long hair; propodeal triangle steep; inner hind tibial spur with 4 widely spaced teeth. Metasoma —Dark brown; T7 polished with few punctures; T2–5 with fine, short, white hair; apical margin of terga vaguely translucent; prepygidial fimbria narrow, dense, brown; pygidial plate bluntly rounded apically, rugose basally; S2–4 with broad, apical band of dense, long, branched hair. Male Unknown.

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 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3715.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6507387

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Family
Colletidae
Genus
Leioproctus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Maynard
Species
perminutus
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) perminutus (Cockerell, 1929) sec. Maynard, 2013

References

  • Friese, H. (1924) Ueber die bienen Australiens. Konowia, 3, 216 - 249.
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1916 a) Descriptions and records of bees - Lxxiii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 (18), 45 - 53.
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1929 b) Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates, 346, 1 - 18.
  • 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.