Leioproctus (Colletellus) alatus 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 : 120-121

Leioproctus (Colletellus) alatus Leijs sp. n. Figure 6 A–I

Specimens examined.

(3♂): Holotype male, Kalbarri NP (27.8333S; 114.4667E), 14 Aug. 2003, Bickel, D., yellow pan trap, AM, K447299. Paratypes 2 males, same locality data as holotype, AM, K447298, K447306.

Diagnosis.

Head and thorax dull and densely reticulate, S7 with large wing shaped ventral apical lobes.

Female unknown.

Description.

male holotype: body length: 5.1 mm; head width: 1.5 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 4.0, AOD 6.9, HL 42, IAD 11.4, LFW 28, OAD 15, OOD 10.2, OW 19, UFW 38, HW/HL 1.2, LFW/UFW 0.7. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.45, FSR 1.41, SFR 1.00.

Structure: terga anteriorly slightly depressed; BTP rounded, short; BTP/tibial length ratio 0.11; flagellum F1 = F2, other segments longer than wide; male S7: dorsal apical lobe absent, ventral apical lobe large, branched setae present on apico-medial area of ventral apical lobe.

Sculpture: scape dull, densely reticulate; scutum dull, anteriorly with transverse reticulation, densely punctate; metapostnotum pit-reticulate, some striae in lateral corners; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus dull with dense reticulation; supraclypeal area dull with dense reticulation; ocellocular area concave, dull; frons densely sculptured.

Coloration: terga anterior dark brown, posterior margins transparent orange; mandibles and, F1-2 black, F3-11 orange-brown below.

Pubescence: scutum: open, short and scattered, long; scutellum: open, short and scattered, long; metanotum: open, short and scattered, long.

Flower records.

No data.

Distribution.

Figure 6I.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to wing shaped lateral lobes of the male S7.