Goniocolletes parvus, 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 : 107

Goniocolletes parvus sp.n.

Types

Goniocolletes parvus — South Australia: holotype ♂, 20 miles (32 k) NE Eucla, 21.i.1970, T.F. Houston, off Eucalyptus oleosa (SAM) ; paratypes, 5♀, same data as holotype ( SAM) .

Additional material examined: 3♀, 9♂ Queensland: 5km E Mt Isa. Victoria: 19km S Murrayville. South Australia: Orroroo; Mt Pleasant ; Hartley; Sherlock; 6 k N Rendelsham .

Months collected: January, February, March, December..

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus argillacea , Eucalyptus oleosa , Eucalyptus socialis , Eucalyptus brachycalyx , Eucalyptus spp. , Melaleuca lanceolatum ; Scrophlariaceae: Myoporum platycarpum .

Female —Length ca 11 mm; head and mesosoma black; metasoma orange with dark patches. Head— Facial fovea clearly defined on upper margin, weakly defined on lower margin; vertex with small, dense, punctures; extends about 1 ocellar width behind upper eye margin; ocellocular area flat; scape reaching median ocellus, tapering basally; F1–10 length equal to, or less than width; antennal sockets not depressed or only shallowly so; supraclypeal area polished, strongly raised above frons level, flat; clypeus at same level as supraclypeal level, flat; epistomal suture distinct, straight; mandibles red with black tips; malar space very narrow polished; hair white; scape black; supraclypeal area polished medially, with moderate length branched hair laterally. Mesosoma — Hair long, yellow to brown; propodeal triangle polished basally, with strong transverse carina; inner hind tibial spur with about 7, long slender teeth; basitibial plate black, thick hairs obscuring marginal carina. Metasoma— Hair dorsally short, sparse; postgradular area with weaker sculpture than pregradular area. Male —As for female except as follows: Length ca 9 mm. Head— Hair yellow appressed; F1 length about equal to width; F2–11 length greater than width; mandibles black with red tips; labrum polished, convex narrow; beard long, white. Mesosoma — Legs simple yellow with dark patches; hair yellow, long. Metasoma— Hair long, yellow to dark, sparse; fringes absent; pygidium clearly defined. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 217–219.