Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) rutiliventris, 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 : 77

Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) rutiliventris sp.n.

Types

Leioproctus (Fragocolletes) rutiliventris — Queensland: holotype ♂, Knob Lagoon , 30 miles (42 k) NW Doomadgee Mission, 22.v.1972, G.B. and S.R. Monteith ( QM); paratypes, 3♂, same data as holotype ( QM) .

Months collected: May.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female — Unknown. Male—Length ca 6 mm; strongly punctuate with polished interspaces; head and mesosoma black, metasoma T1–3 usually orange, hair white. Head— Frons with sparse, fine white hair; frons strongly punctuate with polished interspaces; antennal sockets depressed; supraclypeal area raised; flagellum pale; inner eye margins straight converging slightly below; scape not reaching median ocellus; F1–2 length less than width, F3–11 length about equal to width; epistomal suture strong, distinct; clypeus almost flat with sculpture similar to that of frons; malar space absent; mandibles yellow with orange tips; apex of glossa with long fringe; palps long, slender reaching well beyond apex of extended glossa, both maxillary and labial palps segments similar to each other in length. Mesosoma —Scutum, scutellum and metanotum with dense, small, strong punctures and polished interspaces; hair fine, moderate length, branched; metanotum with low median pustule; base of propodeal triangle strongly aerolate; tegulae almost transparent; wings hairy with marginal cell broad at apex, widely separated from margin; first recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell almost medially; stigma large about 0.6 x length of costal margin, broadly rounded; jugal lobe of hind wing reaches beyond cu-v; basal vein of forewing strongly sloping; legs with femur black with orange apices; tibia orange with black median spot; tarsi orange. Metasoma —Surface with small, dense punctures except on T1; basal T1–3 usually orange apical terga brown to black; hair moderately dense, short, appressed; T7 hairless medially; sternal hair short; S5 with short, dense apical fringe. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 139–141.