Goniocolletes anthedonus, 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 anthedonus sp.n.

Type

Goniocolletes anthedonus — New South Wales: holotype ♀, 10 k W Wentworth, 6.i.1977, C.A. & T.F. Houston off Eucalyptus camaldulensis blossom ( SAM) .

Additional material examined: 1f South Australia: Sherlock.

Months collected: January, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus camaldulensis .

Female — Length ca 10 mm; head and mesosoma black; metasoma orange, mottled with black. Head— Facial fovea clearly defined all round, impressed; hair on face white, densest on paraocular area; vertex with small, dense, punctures; extends about 1 ocellar width behind upper eye margin; ocellocular area flat; scape black, reaching median ocellus, tapering basally; F1–10 length equal to, or less than width; antennal sockets not depressed or only shallowly so; supraclypeal area strongly raised above frons level, flat; clypeus at same level as supraclypeal level, flat; epistomal suture distinct, straight; mandibles reddish with darker tips; malar space almost non-existent; labial palps just reaching apex of extended glossa; maxillary palps reaching just beyond apex of extended glossa; inner eye margin straight converging below. Mesosoma — Hair white, short, dense, branched; basal area of propodeal triangle with several fine carinae, vertical area slightly granular; fore tibial spur with a few teeth; inner hind tibial spur with 6 long, strong, close, fine teeth; basitibial plate densely covered in hair, marginal carina not obscured by hair; claws with large inner, basal ramus. Metasoma— Apical tergal margins translucent, hair bands absent; hair sparse, fine, short; pygidial plate flat, broadly rounded apically; gradulus absent. Male — Unknown.