Goniocolletes badius, 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 : 101-102

Goniocolletes badius sp.n.

Types

Goniocolletes badius — Queensland: holotype ♂, 5 k NE Springsure, 29.x.1977, T. Low & E.M. Exley, off Eucalyptus camaldulensis (QM) ; paratypes 7♀, 2♂, same data as holotype ( QM) .

Additional material examined: 17♀, 1♂ Queensland: Bungeworgorai Creek , 12 k W Roma; 1 k NE Springsure; 10 k E Macalister .

Months collected: October, November.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus camaldulensis , Eucalyptus populnea .

Female—Length ca 9 mm; head and mesosoma black; metasoma orange with black patches. Head Facial fovea well defined on lower margin, less so on upper margin; vertex with small, dense, punctures; extends about 1 ocellar width behind upper eye margin; inner eye margin converging below; ocellocular area flat; scape reaching median ocellus, tapering basally with hair white, otherwise dark brown to black; F1–10 length equal to, or less than width; antennal sockets not depressed; supraclypeal area strongly raised above frons level, flat with with sparse, simple hair, punctate; clypeus at same level as supraclypeal level, flat; epistomal suture distinct, straight; mandible reddish with black tips; malar space absent; labial palps just reaching apex of extended glossa; maxillary palps reaching just beyond apex of extended glossa. Mesosoma — Hair short, white, dense, branched; propodeal triangle with several fine carinae basally, polished vertically; claws large with inner basal ramus; fore tibial spur with a few teeth; inner hind tibial spur with 8 long, fine teeth; basitibial plate densely covered in branched hair. Metasoma — Hair dorsally short, sparse; postgradular area with weaker sculpture than pregradular area; apical hair bands absent; tergal margins translucent; prepygidial fimbria white; hair white; pygidial plate flat, rough, broadly rounded apically; gradulus absent. Male — As for female except as follows: Head —Hair pale yellow, not appressed on supraclypeal area; flagellar segments F1–2 length less than or equal to width, F3–11 length greater than width; mandibles black with reddish tips; labrum arrow, strongly convex; beard sparse, white. Mesosoma — Legs brown, simple; hair long, pale yellow. Metasoma— Hair short, white; S3–4 with short, strong pale fringes; T7 shiny, clearly defined. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 199–201.