Leioproctus (Leioproctus) quadrimaculatus, 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 : 43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3715.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C099D583-4AD5-48EB-8C20-8B6EDE58801D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6509054

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/732D878C-E40F-6E55-4F98-FCE0FA91F9A0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) quadrimaculatus
status

sp. nov.

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) quadrimaculatus sp.n.

Types

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) quadrimaculatus Queensland: holotype ♀, Kuranda, 1916, F.P. Dodd ( BMNH); paratypes, 2♀, 2♂, same data as holotype .

Collection months: Unknown.

Floral visitations: Unknown.

Female — Length ca 8 mm; small, slender wasp-like. Head — Frons rugulose; facial fovea vaguely indicated by broad lateral area lacking ridges; F1–2 shorter than long; F4–11 length about the same as width; scape reaching median ocellus; paraocular area with small, weak punctures with minutely roughened interspaces; supraclypeal area raised with a few scattered punctures; clypeus slightly elevated with large punctures with smooth, shiny interspaces; mandibles slender; gena about the same width as eye when viewed laterally; hair white, of moderate length and density, branched. Mesosoma — Dorsal scutum brown with patch of short, yellow hair on antero-lateral area and beneath tegulae; lateral scutellum with patch of dense, short, yellow hair; pronotal spiracle cover lobe with dense, yellow hair; wing membrane clear; pterostigma broad; tegulae dark brown; marginal cell slender apically divergent from costa for short distance; first recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell towards the base; propodeal triangle with subhorizontal basal area longer than metanotum. Legs with outer hind tibial scopa yellow and darker area below basitibial plate; inner hind tibial spur with about 5 long, moderately thick teeth. Metasoma — Sternal hair sparse;—surface sculpture with sparse punctures with granular interspaces pygidial plate raised medially, broadly rounded apically; prepygidial fimbria short, dense, black. Male — As for female except as follows. Length ca 7 mm. Head — Antennal sockets not depressed; first flagella segment length about half width; F2–11 length greater than width; flagellum paler than scape. Mesosoma — Legs slender, hair short, simple; tibia and tarsi yellow; basitibial plate small, apically rounded. Metasoma — For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 45–47.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Colletidae

Genus

Leioproctus

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