Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) flavomaculatus (Cockerell, 1905) 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 : 73

Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) flavomaculatus (Cockerell, 1905) n.comb.

Paracolletes flavomaculatus * Cockerell 1905c: 479 ; 1910a: 201; 1934: 27.

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

Type

Paracolletes flavomaculatus — holotype ♂, Australia ( BMNH 17 a.435) .

Additional material examined: 9♀, 8♂ Queensland: Kuranda; Poona Lake, Cooloola ; Bunya Mountains .

Months collected: March, November.

Floral visitations: None recorded.

Female —Length ca 9 mm, head and mesosoma black with black to brown mesosoma and legs. Mesosoma — Scutellum covered in dense yellow hair; tubercle on metanotum minute; propodeal triangle with basal area clearly defined, transverse carina delimiting basal area depressed medially. Metasoma —Metasomal foveae not depressed, flush with the surface. Male — Length ca 8 mm. Head— Frons partly or completely covered in dense yellow hair; paraocular area with dense, appressed pale to dark yellow hair. Mesosoma — Hair of scutum and scutellum dense, orange. Metasoma— Fovea vaguely indicated; S4 with moderate length fringe. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 127–129.