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
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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.