Leioproctus (Minycolletes) abnormis (Cockerell, 1916) 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 : 86

Leioproctus (Minycolletes) abnormis (Cockerell, 1916) n.comb.

Paracolletes abnormis * Cockerell 1916a: 46 ; 1934: 21.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) abnormis (Cockerell) . Michener, 1965: 50.

Type

Paracolletes abnormis — Northern Territory: holotype ♂, Alexandria, 6.i.1907, W. Stalker ( BMNH 17 a.462) .

Additional material examined: 10♂ Queensland: 38 k E Cunnamulla. New South Wales: 2 k W Nyngan; 27 k N Bourke. Victoria: L. Bael Bael. Northern Territory: same data as holotype .

Months collected: January, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Angophora floribunda , Eucalyptus largiflorens , Eucalyptus spp ..

Female — known but not examined; Michener (1965) mentions the hind tibial scopa and inner hind tibial spur of females of this species. Male — Length ca 7 mm; integument black with antennae mostly orange. Head— Hair white, lying flat, not appressed, short dense over entire surface; scape only reaching about 0.5 x way to median ocellus; F1–2, length about 0.5 x width, F3–11 length greater than width; palps long; supraclypeal area shallowly raised, punctate; palp segments subequal in length. Mesosoma — Hair of scutum and scutellum moderately dense and long, white. First recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell slightly basal to medial, the vein defining the second submarginal cell often absent. Metasoma— Hair fine, dense, erect hairs; T7 bare; S5 with long, dense white fringe, length about same as width of S5. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 157–159.