Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus)
Author
Leijs, Remko
Author
Dorey, James
Author
Hogendoorn, Katja
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28924
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Leioproctus
(Colletellus) altispinosus Leijs
sp. n.
Figure 10
A-I
Specimens
examined.
(28♂): Holotype male, 25 km SW of Tangadee (
24.5688S
;
118.7636E
), 22 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on
Dicrastylis flexuosa
, WAM 12368;
Paratypes: 24 males, 24 km NNE of Beyondie (
24.7055S
;
120.2558E
), 17 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on
Calandrinia
, WAM 12305-28; male, Tangadee (
24.5688S
;
118.7636E
), 22 Aug. 1984, Houston, T.F. & Hanich, B.P., on
Calandrinia
, WAM 12330; male, 10 km NNW of Meedo (
25.6991S
;
114.7175E
), 23 Aug. 1980, Howard, C.A. & Houston, T.F., on
Calandrinia polyandra
, WAM 19839; male, 5 km SSE of Eurardy HS (
27.5472S
;
114.6247E
), 27 Aug. 1999, Houston, T.F., on
Calandrinia
, WAM 27540.
Diagnosis.
Ocellocular area shiny and openly punctate, metapostnotum coarsely reticulate, S7 lateral lobes very small relative to apodemes and with robust setae.
Female unknown.
Description.
Male holotype: body length: 5.8 mm; head width: 2 mm. Relative head measurements: HW 50, ASD 3.1, AOD 7.6, HL 40, IAD 8.7, LFW 28, OAD 15, OOD 8.8, OW 19, UFW 35, HW/HL 1.2, LFW/UFW 0.8. Relative wing measurements: MSR 1.43, FSR 0.97, SFR 0.89.
Structure: terga anteriorly depressed; BTP rounded; S7: dorsal apical lobe absent, ventral apical lobe small, very robust simple setae present on ventral apical lobe; scape roughened.
Sculpture: scutum closely punctate; metapostnotum dull, roughened; T1 lineo-reticulate, T2-3 transverse lineo-reticulate; clypeus shiny, closely punctate; supraclypeal area shiny, closely punctate; ocellocular area smooth openly punctate; frons densely punctate.
Coloration: terga anteriorly black, posterior margins orange, transparent; mandibles brown, orange tip; flagellum dark brown.
Pubescence: scutum: open, medium length, branched; scutellum: open, medium length, branched; metanotum: open, medium length, branched; sterna 5 with row of dense long straight hairs; scape with pubescence.
Remarks.
There is some variation in body size. There are a few exceptionally large males. Several specimens are carrying
Strepsiptera
.
Flower records.
Calandrinia polyandra
,
Calandrinia
sp. (
Montiaceae
),
Dicrastylis flexuosa
(
Lamiaceae
).
Distribution.
Figure 10I.
Figure 10.
Leioproctus (Colletellus) altispinosus
Leijs, sp. n. ♂ holotype WAM12368. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (F, G, H).
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the robust setae on the tip of the ventral apical lobe of male sterna 7. It also is a translation of the name of our linguistic advisor Wiebe Hogendoorn.