Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) microdontus (Cockerell, 1929) 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 : 75

Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) microdontus (Cockerell, 1929) n. comb.

Paracolletes microdontus * Cockerell 1929d: 309 .

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) microdontus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 66.

Type

Paracolletes microdontus — Western Australia: holotype ♀, Perth, J. Clark ( QM T.4085)

Additional material examined: 3♂ Western Australia: Bullsbrook; Mt. Narryer; Beelerup .

Months collected: February, May, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Melaleuca .

Female — Length ca 10 mm; dark brown to black. Head —Hair dense, long, white; inner eye margins almost parallel; labrum convex. Mesosoma — Scutum with sparse, long, dark branched hair; metanotum with moderate sized, rounded tubercle; propodeal triangle with basal area clearly defined by carina. Legs with fore tibial spur with several fine teeth on the apex; basitibial plate 0.25 x tibia with a few, branched hairs; dense, long, branched hair on posterior margin of basitarsus; inner hind tibial spur with 6 long, fine teeth. Metasoma— Apical margins of T2–4 with dense, basal band of short, white hair; metasomal foveae not distinct; pygidial plate with a few weak, longitudinal carina, apex blunt, with a small indent medially. Male —As for female except as follows: Length ca 8mm. Head —Dense, white hair; inner eye margins straight converging below the antennal sockets; F1,2 with length less than width; F3 length about equal to width; F4–11 length greater than width. Mesosoma — Anterior fore tibia yellow, rest of legs black. Metasoma— T7 with distinct bare, median area which is clearly defined laterally, but not carinate; S3–4 almost bare. For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 133–135.