Leioproctus (Colletellus) pectinatus Leijs

Leijs, Remko, Dorey, James & Hogendoorn, Katja, 2018, Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus), ZooKeys 811, pp. 109-168 : 142-145

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924
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scientific name	Leioproctus (Colletellus) pectinatus Leijs
status	sp. n.

Treatment

Leioproctus (Colletellus) pectinatus Leijs sp. n. Figure 23 A–F

Specimens examined.

(4♀): Holotype female, 25 km SW of Tangadee (24.5688S; 118.7636E), 22 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on Calandrinia , WAM 12333;

Paratypes female, 24 km NNE of Beyondie (24.7055S; 120.2558E), 17 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on Calandrinia , WAM 12329; 2 females, 25 km SW of Tangadee (24.5688S; 118.7636E), 22 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on Calandrinia , WAM 12331-2.

Diagnosis.

Ocellocular area openly punctate, propodeal triangle small, shiny and micro alveolate, inner hind tibial spur strongly pectinate.

Male unknown.

Description.

Female: body length: 6.7 mm; head width: 1.9 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.8, AOD 9.0, HL 44, IAD 10.0, LFW 32, OAD 17, OOD 9.3, OW 17, UFW 34, HW/HL 1.1, LFW/UFW 0.9. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.38, FSR 1.00, SFR 0.93.

Structure: terga anteriorly little depressed; BTP rounded; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.18; inner hind tibial spur pectinate with 2-5 strong teeth; flagellum F1>F2, F1-9 wider than long.

Sculpture: scutum smooth, with close to dense punctation; metapostnotum shiny, finely microalveolate; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus shiny, openly punctate, smooth between, anterior margin not drawn in thin plate; supraclypeal area shiny, openly punctate, smooth between; scape shiny; labrum medially slightly raised; ocellocular area punctate; frons punctate; vertex punctate.

Coloration: terga anteriorly black, posterior margins transparent orange, fovea on T2 black; scopa white; mandibles orange brown with darker tip; scape with white pubescence F1-9 black, orange towards the tip.

Pubescence: scutum: medium length, open; scutellum: medium long, open; metanotum medium length, open; sterna 1-4 with fringes of long branched hairs, S5 with dense fringe of hairs; scape with white pubescence.

Flower records.

Calandrinia sp. ( Montiaceae ).

Distribution.

Figure 23F.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the strongly pectinate inner hind tibial spur.