Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston, 1990

Batley, Michael, 2012, Revision of the Australian Bee Genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 64 (1), pp. 1-50 : 30

Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston

Fig. 107

Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) multipectinatus Houston, 1990, p. 618 .

Diagnosis

Eyes not hairy; proboscis relatively elongate, prementum length at least 3.5× eye width viewed laterally. Female lower clypeus dull, densely punctate; facial hair brown, simple; mid-tibial spur strongly curved with set of stout teeth medially; prepygidial fimbria orange or mostly so. Male with hair of clypeus very erect, of even length, appearing cropped; fore basitarsus expanded ventrally; fore calcar without teeth; T7 with only a medial spot yellow-brown.

Remarks. Exhibits a preference for flowers of Eremophila . Detailed descriptions can be found in Houston (1990). A more recently collected specimen (♀, Wilcannia [31.6742°S 143.4664°E], 28 Sep. 2003, M. Batley, ex Eremophila sturtii, AM [K.316532]) extends the known range eastward.

Distribution. Southern Western Australia (Mt Magnet – Kalgoorlie region), northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia and western New South Wales (COO, DRP, GAW, MUR, YAL) ( Fig. 107 ).

Figures

Figs 104–115. Known distribution of Trichocolletes species.