Goniocolletes aurifrons (Smith, 1853) 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 : 101

Goniocolletes aurifrons (Smith, 1853) n.comb

Lamprocolletes aurifrons *Smith 1853: 13 ; Dalla Torre, 1896: 47.

Paracolletes aurifrons (Smith) . Cockerell 1905a: 347; 1934: 22.

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

Type

Goniocolletes aurifrons — South Australia: holotype ♂, Adelaide ( BMNH 17 a.509) .

Months collected: Not known.

Floral visitations: Not recorded.

Female —Unknown. Male — Length ca 10 mm, head and mesosoma black, metasoma black. Head— Face with appressed, yellow hair; F1–2, length about equal to width; F3–11, length greater than length; malar space polished length about 0.5 x width; gena with long yellow hair. Mesosoma — Legs orange, simple; propodeal triangle mostly smooth and simple with no transverse carina delimiting the base. Metasoma— Integument with long, orange shaggy hair; no hair bands; gradulus not defined; S4–5 with apical sternal fringes. Hidden sterna and genitalia not available for study.