Five New Species of Leioproctus (Protomorpha) Rayment (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) Author Batley, Michael Author Popic, Tony text Records of the Australian Museum 2013 Rec. Aust. Mus. 2013-07-24 65 2 39 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.65.2013.1597 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.65.2013.1597 2201-4349 4684313 B5339EEC-595D-4FCA-A9B4-461761639E95 Key to species of Leioproctus (Protomorpha) (modified from Maynard, 1991 ) 1 Male (hind tibia without scopa) ................................................................................................. 2 —— Female (hind tibia with scopa) ................................................................................................ 10 2(1) Hind coxa covered with long, dense hair .................................................................................. 3 —— Hind coxa lacking long, dense hair ........................................................................................... 4 3(2) Anterior margin of hind basitarsus strongly curved; frons obscured by dense, white hair ................................................................... L. tarsalis (Rayment) —— Anterior margin of hind basitarsus almost straight; frons not obscured by hair ........................................................................................... L. plautus Maynard 4(2) Hind tibia with row of stout setae on anterior margin ............................................................... 5 —— Hind tibia unmodified .............................................................................. L. minutus (Cockerell) 5(4) Hind basitarsus with narrow basal projection .......................................... L. alloeopus Maynard —— Hind basitarsus without basal projection ................................................................................... 6 6(5) Anterior margin of hind basitarsus with large apical projection ......................... L. crispus n.sp. —— Hind basitarsus with at most a slight apical extension .............................................................. 7 7(6) Hind tibial spurs flattened and strongly recurved ...................................................................... 8 —— Hind tibial spurs not flattened, almost straight .......................................................................... 9 8(7) Hind femur with broad projection on outer face; outer hind tibial spur ca 0.3× as long as inner spur; lower gena concave ...................................................................................................................... L. nix n.sp. —— Hind femur without projection; outer hind tibial spur ca 0.7× as long as inner spur; lower gena convex .............................................................. L. latifrons n.sp. 9(7) Hind tibial setae weak; mandible with preapical tooth ...................................... L. gurneyi n.sp. —— Hind tibial setae stout; mandible simple .............................................................. L. gibber n.sp. 10(1) Inner hind tibial spur strongly curved ..................................................................................... 11 —— Inner hind tibial spur almost straight ....................................................................................... 12 11(10) Apical margins of T1–4 transparent ......................................................... L. alloeopus Maynard —— Apical margins of T1–4 opaque .................................................................... Leioproctus sp. A* 12(10) Frons entirely covered by dense, white, branched hair ........................................................... 13 —— Frons medially without dense, branched hair .......................................................................... 14 13(12) Facial fovea obscured by hair, inner margins ill-defined .......................... L. tarsalis (Rayment) —— Facial fovea not obscured by hair, inner margins sharply defined ........................................................................................................... Leioproctus sp. B* 14(12) Frons and clypeus with long, weakly-branched, curly hair ( Fig. 5 ) ...................... L. crispus n.sp. —— Frons and clypeus without curly hair ...................................................................................... 15 15(14) Frons and/or vertex with stiff, pale orange setae ..................................................................... 16 —— Frons and vertex without stiff, pale orange setae .................................................................... 18 16(15) Vertex strongly protuberant medially ................................................................... L. gibber n.sp. —— Vertex not protuberant medially .............................................................................................. 17 17(16) Vertex with single row of stiff setae; clypeus convex ........................................ L. gurneyi n.sp. —— Frons laterally and vertex with many stiff setae; clypeus flat ...................................................................................................................... L. latifrons n.sp. 18(15) Facial fovea medially narrower than base of scape ................................................................. 19 —— Facial fovea medially as wide as, or wider than, base of scape .............................................. 20 19(18) Hair of medial clypeus branched ............................................................. L. minutus (Cockerell) —— Hair of medial clypeus simple ....................................................................... Leioproctus sp. C* 20(18) Pygidial plate not striate; body length ca 9 mm .......................................... L. fallax (Cockerell) —— Pygidial plate striate ................................................................................................................ 21 21(20) Paraocular area with dense, white plumose hair; body length ca 7 mm ................................................................................................. L. nix n.sp.