Leioproctus (Minycolletes) helichrysi ( Cockerell, 1918 ) 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 : 90

Leioproctus (Minycolletes) helichrysi ( Cockerell, 1918) n.comb.

Paracolletes helichrysi * Cockerell 1918: 112 ; 1934: 27.

Leioproctus (Microcolletes) helichrysi (Cockerell) . Michener 1965: 55.

Type

Paracolletes helichrysi — Queensland: holotype ♀, Tamborine Mountain , 23.x.1917 *, H.H. Hacker off Helichrysum bracteatum blossom ( BMNH 17 a.474). (* No date written in description.)

Additional material examined: 4♀, 2♂ Queensland: Tamborine Mountain. New South Wales: Ben Lomond. Victoria: Kiata .

Months collected: February, October, November.

Floral visitations: Asteraceae : Xerochrysum bracteatum .

Female: Length ca 7.5 mm. Head— Hair moderately dense, branched, semierect; supraclypeal area shallowly raised, punctate; mandibles with apical tooth large with clearly defined small, dorsal tooth; labial palps not reaching apex of extended glossa, basal segment as long as following 2 segments combined. Mesosoma — Hair of scutum and scutellum pale brown, erect, moderate length; propodeal triangle polished; tegulae translucent brown. First recurrent vein enters second submarginal cell apical to middle. Basitibial plate about 0.25 x length of tibia, covered in dense, whitish, thick hair, apex blunt; scopa all white; inner hind tibial spur with 8 fine teeth. Metasoma— Hair fine, short, appressed; prepygidial fimbria pale about 0.5 x width of T5; pygidial plate granular, narrowly rounded apically. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 7 mm. Head— Hair dense; F2–3 length less than width, F1, 4–11 length about equal to width; mandibles narrow, dorsal tooth indistinct. Metasoma— S5 with long truncate white fringe; T7 with bare median area. S7–8 and genitalia see figs 169–171.