Leioproctus (Leioproctus) providellus (Cockerell, 1905)

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 : 58-59

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) providellus (Cockerell, 1905)

Paracolletes providellus * Cockerell 1905c: 483 ; 1934: 33.

Paracolletes obscuripennis * Cockerell 1905c: 484 ; 1934: 31. syn.n.

Paracolletes plebius * Cockerell 1921: 94 ; 1934: 32. syn.n.

Paracolletes regalis * Cockerell 1921:93 syn.n.

Paracolletes providellus caerulescens * Cockerell,1929a: 2 ; 1934: 33. syn.n.

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

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

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

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) providellus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 52.

The holotypes of Paracolletes providellus , Paracolletes obscuripennis and Paracolletes providellus caerulescens , which are all male have no significant morphological variation. That of Paracolletes plebius , which is female, is identical to those females associated by coincident collection data and morphological similarity.

Types

Paracolletes providellus — holotype ♂, Australia ( BMNH 17 a.427) .

Paracolletes obscuripennis — Tasmania: holotype ♂, ( BMNH 17 a.436) .

Paracolletes plebius — Victoria: holotype ♀, Bright, H.W. Davey ( QM T.2403) .

Paracolletes providellus caerulescens — New South Wales: holotype ♂, Como, 1.xi.1902 , W.W.F ( AMNH 26839 ). [There is a second locality label attached— Sydney , Australia, 14.ix.1906] .

Additional material examined: 38♀, 56♂ Queensland: Amiens. New South Wales: Ebor; Gibraltar Ra. NP; Tubrabucca; Mt Wilson ; Mt Victoria; Sydney; Alpine Ck, Kiandra .

Months collected: January, October, November, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Leptospermum .

Female —length ca 9 mm; face with whitish hair; clypeus with branched hair; gena rounded; mesosoma with hair brownish; scopa pale with dark hair around the basitibial plate; inner hind tibial spur with about 8 teeth; wings clear; metasoma with T3–5 apical margins translucent. Male —length ca 7 mm; mesosoma with legs all dark brown. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 88–90.