Leioproctus (Colletellus) consobrinus Leijs

Leijs, Remko, Dorey, James & Hogendoorn, Katja, 2018, Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus), ZooKeys 811, pp. 109-168 : 136

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924
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scientific name	Leioproctus (Colletellus) consobrinus Leijs
status	sp. n.

Treatment

Leioproctus (Colletellus) consobrinus Leijs sp. n. Figure 17 A–F

Specimens examined.

(3♀): Holotype female, 115 km N of Wiluna (26.5961S; 121.3806E), 29 July 1983, Houston, T.F. & McMillan, R.P., on Schoenia cassiniana , WAM 19110; Paratypes: 2 females, 26 mi WNW of Wiluna (26.9438S; 120.3847E), 01 Sep. 1971, Houston, T.F., on Pimelea , WAM 19111-2.

Diagnosis.

Ocellocular area dull with minute dense punctures, BTP pointed, inner hind tibial spur ciliate, terga dark with narrow transparent posterior margins.

Male unknown.

Description.

Female holotype: body length: 6 mm; head width: 2 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.8, AOD 8.1, HL 37, IAD 10.9, LFW 32, OAD 12, OOD 9.5, OW 17, UFW 34, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.84, FSR 1.03, SFR 1.13.

Structure: Terga anteriorly little depressed; BTP pointed; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.28; inner hind tibial spur ciliate with circa 18 small teeth.

Sculpture: scutum smooth, openly to closely punctate; metapostnotum lineo-reticulate; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus smooth, openly to closely punctate, ventral margin broad; supraclypeal area smooth, sparsely punctate laterally; ocellocular area dull, dense minute punctures; frons densely small punctate; scape dull.

Coloration: terga anteriorly black-brown, posterior margins narrow, transparent orange; scopa light brown; labrum black; scape brown-black; flagellum black, apical 7 segments dark brown; mandibles black, medially brown, with black tip.

Pubescence: scutum very short, open and sparse, long, brown; scutellum very short, open and sparse, long, brown.

Flower records.

Pimelea sp. ( Thymelaeaceae ), Schoenia cassiniana ( Asteraceae ).

Distribution.

Figure 17F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the average L. (Colletellus) habitus of this species.