Leioproctus (Charicolletes) megadontus (Cockerell,1913) 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 : 66

Leioproctus (Charicolletes) megadontus (Cockerell,1913) n.comb.

Paracolletes megadontus * Cockerell 1913c: 375 ; 1934: 29.

Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) megadontus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 63.

Types

Paracolletes megadontus — Queensland: holotype ♀, Caloundra , 30.x.1912, H. Hacker ( QM Hy. 4081); paratypes, 3♀, same data as holotype ( QM 5320 , 5321 , 5322 ) .

Additional material examined: 38♀, 16♂ Queensland: Fraser I; 6 miles (9.6 k) S Noosa; Noosa-Coolum; Nambour; 2 miles (3.2 k) N Perigian; Caloundra; Bribie I; Brisbane; Stradbroke I; Southport .

Months collected: January, February, March, April, May, November, December.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female —Length ca 9 mm. Head— Sparsely covered in fine, white hair; apex of supraclypeal area raised but not tuberculate; labrum strongly medially; mandible large, broad. Mesosoma — Metanotum with strongly produced median tubercle. Wings with forewing membrane slightly darkened anteriorly. Legs with hind basitibial plate broad, apex acute; scopa with monopodally branched hairs on posterior margin; inner hind tibial spur with about 6 thick, widely spaced teeth. Metasoma —Prepygidial fimbria coarse, dense and black; S2–4 with apical fringe of sparse, simple hairs; S5 with dense apical fringe; S6 bare medially. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 7 mm. Head— Hair of paraocular area moderately dense, appressed, white; flagellum little longer than female; hair of clypeus branched moderately sparse. Mesosoma — Hair dorsally long; metanotal tubercle small; legs brown. Metasoma— Rounded as in female; T7 bare medianly; hair dorsally mostly dark, longer than female; S3–4 long, dark apical fringe; S5 short; S6 long, centrally smooth and shiny. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 109–111.