Revision of the Australian Bee Genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini)
Author
Batley, Michael
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Records of the Australian Museum
2012
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Trichocolletes aeratus
n.sp.
Figs 44, 80
Type
.
Holotype
♂
,
Bilpin
,
New South Wales
(
33.4814°S
150.5480°E
),
21 Sep. 2005
,
M. Batley
,
ex
Daviesia mimosoides
, in
AM
K.278547.
Specimens examined
. The
holotype
and the following.
Australian Capital Territory
:
3♂
, Black Mountain (
35.2633°S
149.0875°E
),
1 Oct. 2006
, M. Batley,
ex
Daviesia mimosoides
&
Hardenbergia violacea
, AM
(K.344635–37); Mount Ainslie,
21 Oct. 1993
, G. J. Davis & G.
V
. Maynard,
MV
; Mount Ainslie,
21 Oct. 1993
, G. J. Davis & G.
V
. Maynard, off
Helipterum
, MV.
New South Wales
:
4♂
, Bilpin (
33.4814°S
150.5480°E
),
9–21 Sep. 2005
&
12 Sep. 2009
, M. Batley,
ex
Daviesia mimosoides
, AM
(K.344632–33,41,42);
♂
,
14 km
E Coonabarrabran (
31.2133°S
149.4022°E
),
8 Oct. 2008
, M. Batley,
ex
Daviesia latifolia
, AM
(K.344640);
2♂
,
♀
, Cunnawarra NP (
30.5739°S
152.2583°E
),
7 Oct. 2002
, M. Batley,
ex
Daviesia mimosoides
&
Podolobium ilicifolium
, AM
(K.333629–31);
5♀
,
30 km
S Dubbo,
12 Nov. 1984
, N. W. Rodd,
AM
(K.344634–38);
♂
, Grose Vale,
11 Sep. 1978
, N. W. Rodd,
AM
(K.316620);
13♂
,
7♀
,
1.5 km
W Mongarlowe, 23 Oct. &
13 Nov. 1993
, G. J. Davis & G.
V
. Maynard, off
Daviesia mimosoides
, MV
(930958–62);
2♂
,
12 km
S Mount Canobolas (
33.4208°S
148.9156°E
),
2 Oct. 2008
, M. Batley,
ex
Pultenaea
sp.,
AM
(K.344638–39);
4♀
, Mt
Victoria
,
20 Oct. 1930
, Burns, Alec N.,
MV
(16533,34,46,47);
2♀
, Mt Vincent,
20 Nov. 1978
, N. W. Rodd,
AM
(K.316621–22);
♂
, Mullion Flora Res. (
33.1100°S
149.1700°E
),
1 Oct. 2005
, M. Batley,
ex
Dillwynia
sp.,
AM
(K.344634);
♂
, Napoleon Reef (
33.4172°S
149.7492°E
),
7 Nov. 2005
, M. Batley,
ex
Daviesia leptophylla
, AM
;
2♂
,
2♀
, Newnes,
24 Sep. 1972
, G.Williams,
AM
(K.316616–19);
4♂
,
3♀
, Weddin Mtns NP,
24 Sep. 1980
, N. W. Rodd,
AM
(K.316623–29);
2♀
, Wentworth Falls,
Oct. 1930
, Wilson, F E.,
MV
(16501–02).
Queensland
:
♀
, Acacia Ridge,
14 Aug. 1966
, I. D. Galloway,
UQIC
;
♂
, S of Amiens,
27 Sep. 1967
,
T
. F.Houston,
Daviesia
, SAM
(32-024504);
♂
,
3♀
, Beechmont,
2–5 Oct. 1984
, N. W. Rodd,
AM
(K.316630–33);
6♂
, Brisbane,
28 Aug.–4 Sep. 1911
, H. Hacker,
QM
;
3♂
, Brisbane,
18 Aug. 1914
, H. Hacker,
QM
;
♀
, Brisbane,
8 Sep. 1915
, H. Hacker,
QM
;
2♀
, Dunwich, Nth Stradbroke Is,
22 Aug. 1958
, F. A. Perkins,
UQIC
;
2♂
, S of Eukey,
26 Sep. 1967
,
T
. F. Houston,
Daviesia
and
Hardenbergia
, SAM
(32-024502, 06);
2♀
, Kelvin Grove,
14 Sep. 1912
, on
Daviesia
, QM
;
♂
,
♀
, Mt Cooth-Tha,
14 Sep.–19 Oct. 1966
,
T
. F. Houston,
SAM
(32-024494,500);
♂
, Mt Marley nr Stanthorpe,
22 Sep. 1995
, D. K.Yeates, at
Hardenbergia violacea
blossom,
UQIC
;
♂
, Stanthorpe,
4 Oct. 1966
, J. C. Cardale,
UQIC
;
♀
, Sunnybank,
25 Sep. 1911
, H. Hacker,
QM
;
2♂
,
♀
, Tooheys Hill,
28 Aug.–4 Sep. 1911
, H. Hacker,
QM
.
Diagnosis
Length
10–11 mm
; eyes hairy; metasomal bands wide, brassy colour; male fore basitarsus without plume; female clypeus sagittaly flattened.
Descriptions
Male (
holotype
).—
Head
width
3.60 mm
, body length
10.1 mm
. HW 50, HL 40, UID 31, UFW 32, LID 31, DMA 31, HVO 4, WOC 14,
MOD
4, OOD 9, IAD 10, ASD 3,
AOD
8,
ML
22, BMW 3, MSL 7.5, SL 14, SW 3, FL c. 54.—
Eyes
hairy; inner orbits parallel; length malar space c. 0.33× basal mandibular width; middle flagellomeres c.1.4× as long as wide. Hind tarsus 1.2× as long as hind tibia; hind basitarsus 5.0× as long as wide. Genital capsule similar to that for
T. orientalis
n.sp.
(Fig. 37); S7 with broad, rounded lateral lobes and short posterior projections (Fig. 44).—
Labrum
, mandible, scape, tarsi, tibiae and apices of femora orange-brown; fore and mid tibiae with dark suffusions medially.
T
1–5 with wide, brassy bands.—
Clypeus
with contiguous punctures except at ventral margin.
Scutum
with dull sheen, moderate pit-reticulation and close, small punctures.—
Face
with dense, long, orange hair, finely branched below antennae, plumose above.
Scutum
with close, long, plumose, bright orange hair, semi-adpressed hair on metasomal terga somewhat longer than in most other species; dark areas of metasomal terga with scattered, short, golden hair. Female (
AM
K.316623).—
Head
width
4.05 mm
, body length 11.0 mm. HW 50, HL 39, UID 29, UFW 32, LID 32, DMA 32, HVO 3, WOC 13,
MOD
3, OOD 8, IAD 8, ASD 3,
AOD
10,
ML
21, BMW 8, MSL 1.5, SL 15, SW 3, FL c. 34.—
Eyes
hairy; inner orbits slightly divergent ventrally; length malar space c. 0.25× basal mandibular width; clypeus convex, sagittally flattened; basal suture gently concave; middle flagellomeres 1.1× as long as wide; inner hind tibial spur with c. 8 strong teeth; tarsal claws simple; pygidial plate with small apical emargination, strong medial elevation and strongly upturned rim.—
Labrum
, tarsi, hind tibia, anterior face fore tibia, distal ends femora orange-brown; mandible medially, flagellum ventrally, brown.
T
1–4 with wide, metallic, yellow-gold bands.—
Clypeus
reticulate with dense, large, irregular punctures, becoming open ventrally. Scutal sculpture as for male.—
Face
with long, minutely-branched, pale orange hair, dense on frons and in paraocular areas, open on clypeus and supraclypeal area.
Scutum
with close, short, plumose, dull orange-brown hair; hind tibial scopa chestnut (dark brown in basitibial area); prepygidial fimbria dull golden brown.
Etymology
. The specific name is from the Latin adjective meaning trimmed with brass.
Distribution
. Southeastern
Queensland
,
New South Wales
central slopes and tablelands (BBS, NET, NSS, SB, SEH, SEQ) (
Fig. 80
).