Leioproctus (Colletellus) bidentatus 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 : 129-130

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924

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scientific name

Leioproctus (Colletellus) bidentatus Leijs
status

sp. n.

Leioproctus (Colletellus) bidentatus Leijs sp. n. Figure 13 A–N

Specimens examined.

(8♂, 9♀): Holotype female, Gooseberry Hill (31.9541S; 116.0469E), 07 Oct. 1994, Houston, T.F., on Verticordia acerosa , WAM 14412.

Allotype male, Cockleshell Gully (30.15S; 115.10E), 23 Sep. 1998, Houston, T.F., on Stylidium , WAM 20312.

Paratypes: 2 males, Cockleshell Gully (30.15S; 115.10E), 23 Sep. 1998, Houston, T.F., on Stylidium , WAM 20311, WAM 20313; male, Peak Charles National Park (32.8833S; 121.1608E), 18 Oct. 1985, Houston, T.F., on Thryptomene ?, WAM 12400; male, Gooseberry Hill (31.9541S; 116.0469E), 07 Oct. 1994, Houston, T.F., on Verticordia acerosa , WAM 14413; female, Arrowsmith River (29.6166S; 115.2881E), 03 Oct. 1997, Houston, T.F., on Thysanotus , WAM 19107; male, Mcdermid Rock (32.0222S 120.7339E), 27 Sep 1978, Houston, T.F., et al., on Leptospermum erubescens , WAM 19114; male, female, Lesmurdie (32.1300S; 116.0328E), 14 Oct. 2009, Batley, M., on Stylidium bulbiferum , AM 359765, 359755; 2 females, Yallingup (33.6938S; 115.0358E), 20 Oct. 1983, Stoutamire, W.P., on Agrostocrinum , WAM 12381-2; 2 males, 3 females, Boorabbin Rock (31.2036S; 120.2856E), 04 Oct 1981, Houston, T.F., on Baeckea , WAM 12394-7, WAM 14421; male, Boorabbin Rock (31.2036S; 120.2856E), 04 Oct. 1981, Houston, T.F., on Thryptomene australis , WAM 12398; female, Eneabba (29.8213S; 115.2692E), 04 Oct. 1985, McMillan, R.P., on Thryptomene , WAM 12399.

Diagnosis.

Clypeus of female with two small teeth at ventral margin, ocellocular area and clypeus smooth with open punctation, metapostnotum dull micro-alveolate. Male terga anteriorly strongly depressed, S7 ventral apical lobe large, branched setae present on dorsal subcentral apical ridge.

Description.

Female holotype: 6.6 mm; head width: 2.3 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.7, AOD 8.6, HL 35, IAD 10.5, LFW 29, OAD 14, OOD 10.6, OW 15, UFW 36, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.8. Relative wing measurement: MSR 1.26.

Structure: terga anteriorly little depressed; BTP pointed, long; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.33; inner hind tibial spur ciliate with circa 18 little teeth.

Sculpture: scutum smooth openly punctate; metapostnotum microalveolate, striate in lateral corners; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus shiny, openly punctate, smooth between punctures, ventral margin drawn in thin plate with two teeth; supraclypeal area smooth, shiny; labrum smooth; ocellocular area smooth openly punctate; frons densely punctate; vertex roughened with punctures; scape dullish openly coarsely punctate.

Coloration: terga anteriorly dark, posterior margins transparent orange; scopa brown; mandibles black with brown tip; flagellum F1-3 black, F4-10 orange/brown below.

Pubescence: scutum: medium length, open; scutellum: medium length, open; metanotum: medium length, open; sterna 1-5 with fringes of long simple hairs, S5 not dense; scape with medium length grey pubescence.

Description.

Male allotype: body length: 5.8 mm; head width: 2.1 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 2.4, AOD 6.1, HL 36, IAD 10.2, LFW 26, OAD 15, OOD 11.9, OW 15, UFW 36, HW/HL 1.4, LFW/UFW 0.7. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.26, FSR 1.08, SFR 0.69.

Structure: terga anteriorly strongly depressed; BTP pointed; flagellum F4-11 slightly longer than wide. S7: dorsal apical lobe absent, ventral apical lobe large, branched setae present on dorsal subcentral apical ridge; scape short.

Sculpture: scutum smooth openly punctate; metapostnotum dull, alveolate and striate in lateral corners; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus shiny, openly punctate with smooth interspaces; supraclypeal area smooth, shiny; ocellocular area shiny, with open to sparse punctures; frons shiny, densely punctate; scape dull.

Coloration: terga anteriorly orange, posterior margins transparent orange; mandibles black with brown tip; flagellum black; scape black.

Pubescence: scutum: medium length, open; scutellum: medium length, open; metanotum: medium length, open; scape with long pubescence.

Flower records.

Agrostocrinum sp. ( Hemerocallidaceae ), Baeckea sp. ( Myrtacea ), Leptospermum erubescens ( Myrtacea ), Stylidium bulbiferum , Stylidium sp. ( Stylidiaceae ), Thryptomene australis ( Myrtacea ), Thysanotus sp. ( Asparagaceae ), Verticordia acerosa ( Myrtacea ).

Distribution.

Figure 13J.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the two teeth on the ventral margin of the clypeus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Colletidae

Genus

Leioproctus