Leioproctus (Leioproctus) clarki (Cockerell, 1929)

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 : 35

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) clarki (Cockerell, 1929)

Paracolletes melbournensis clarki * Cockerell 1929d: 308 ; 1934: 30; Rayment 1931: 160.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) clarki (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 50.

Type

Paracolletes melbournensis clarki — Western Australia: holotype ♀, Perth, J. Clark ( QM T4089 ) .

Additional material examined: 283♀, 183♂ New South Wales: 10 miles (16 k) Bowning; Caldwell; Dobroyd Pt North Harbour Sydney. Australian Capital Territory: Canberra; Black Mountain. Victoria: Ringwood; Ringwood; Bellgrave; Woori Yallock; 3 miles (4.8 k) E. Colac; Healesville; 7 miles (11.2 k) E Colac; 4 miles (6.4 k) E Colac; 14 miles (22.4 k) SE Colac; 8 miles (12.8 k) SE Colac; 1 miles E Wye River; Woori Yallock; Lorne; Alexandra; Driffield; Victoria Vall; Warburton District; Murray NE Hattah; 20 miles (32 k) SE Mildura; Healesville; 5 miles (8 k) N Torquay; Flowerdale; Ferntree Gully; Kiata; Warburton; Edenhope; Kerang; Melton; Ararat; Rye; 4 miles (6.4 k) E Angelsea; Tidal River; Normanville; Gunbower; Croydon; St. Kilda; Hamilton; Hattah; Murrabit; Gorae West; 37 k N Hwy1 on Pinnaroo Rd; Dingley; Buxton; Eltham. Tasmania: 15 miles (24 k) S Launceston; Perth; 6 miles (9.6 k) E Campbell Town; Georgetown; Bothwell; Cressy; 4 miles (6.4 k) E Launceston; Nunamara; 8 miles (12.8 k) S Upper Blessington. South Australia: Kangaroo I; 25 miles (40 k) NE Eucla; Botanic Park; 9 miles (14.4 k) NE Oodla Wirra; Th urgla Stn; Waite institute, Adelaide; Robe; Mt Lofty; West side of L. Eliza. Western Australia: Perth; Swan R; Bunbury; 12 miles (19.2 k) N Margaret R on Yallingup Rd; Busselton; Darling Range; 12 miles (19.2 k) SW Katanning; Cape Naturaliste; Beelerup; Gingin; Lesmurdie- Kalamunda; Albany; Capella; Collie; Great Eastern Hwy Greemount; 11 miles (17.6 k) SE Salmon Gums; 65 k N Albany; Stirling Ra; Yandeyarra; Beverley; Ravensthorpe; 44 k s Yallingup; 31 k W Balladonia; Wembley; Glen Ford; Bushmead; Gonwangerup; Beelerup; Bullsbrook; 25 k S Norseman; 9 miles (14.4 k) N New Norcia.

Collection months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

Floral visitations: Not known.

Female — Length ca 11 mm; head and mesosoma metallic green-blue; metasoma metallic olive. Head — Ocelloccipital distance flat; frontal line immediately below the median ocellus absent; flagellum dark anteriorly except at the apex, where it is pale; puncture interspaces on clypeus very narrow, smooth; length of malar space about 0.25 x width of base of the mandibles. Mesosoma — Hair long, pale brown; propodeal triangle with a complete strong transverse carina. First recurrent vein of forewing enters second submarginal cell medially. Hind tibial scopa dark dorsally, white ventrally with 2 closely opposed rows, each with about 6 branches; hind basitibial plate about 0.25 x length of tibia; inner hind tibial spur with 6–8, long, fine teeth. Metasoma— Pygidial plate with apex slightly emarginate. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 8 mm. Head— Flagellum entirely dark, F3–11 length greater than width. Mesosoma — Legs entirely dark. Metasoma —T7 hirsute, without bare median area. Penis valves with 1 large ventral spine parallel to the length of the penis valves; gonostyles truncate apically. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 24–26.