Leioproctus (Leioproctus) launcestonensis (Cockerell, 1914)

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 : 41

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) launcestonensis (Cockerell, 1914)

Paracolletes launcestonensis * Cockerell 1914c: 305 ; 1934: 28.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) launcestonensis (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 51.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) otautahi * Donovan 2007: 59 ; Donovan and Maynard 2010: 17

Types

Paracolletes launcestonesis — Tasmania: holotype ♀, Launceston, 25.i.1914, F.M. Littler ( BMNH 17 a.185) .

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) otautahi — New Zealand: holotype ♂, Christchurch, 16–18.xii.1959 ( NZAC)

Additional material examined: 52♀, 65♂ Queensland: Springbrook. New South Wales: Huonbrook nr Mullumbimby; New England NP via Ebor; Cheltenham. Victoria: Mt Buffalo (4500ft); Mt St Bernard (4000 ft); Lake Mountain; Acheron Way (Warburton-Marysville); Cumberland Falls; Healesville; Cement Ck; Mt Donna Buang (4080ft); Warburton; Woori Yallock; Mt Baw Baw (4000ft); Tanjil Bren; Ferntree Gully; 12 miles (19.2 k) W Neerim; 1 miles (1.6 k) E Wye Riv.; Blackburn. Tasmania: St Patricks Riv.; Launceston; Mt Arthur.

Collection months: January, February, March, October, December.

Floral visitations: Lamiaceae : Prostanthera lasianthos ; Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus , Leptospermum ericoides , Leptospermum sp. ; Pittosporaceae : Bursaria spinosa .

Female— Length ca 8 mm; integument entirely black except orange-brown tegulae. Head— Face almost flat, minutely tessellate with weak punctures; antennae black; antennal sockets slightly depressed; gena about as wide as eye when head viewed laterally; hair whitish, very sparse, branched. Mesosoma — Hair sparse, more dense over humeral area; hind tibial scopa pale on outside as well as inside; inner hind tibial spur with about 11 moderately spaced, medium length teeth; wing membrane dark, first recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell medially; basal area of costa and tegula orange. Metasoma— Sternal fringe moderately dense. Male— As for female except as follows: Length about 6 mm. Head —Hair of face long, moderately dense. Mesosoma — Legs simple, almost hairless; apex of basitibial plate acutely pointed; hair pale, long, fine, branched, sparse. Metasoma— For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 39–41.