Leioproctus (Leioproctus) nasutus Houston, 1990

Maynard, Glynn Vivian, 2013, Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa, Zootaxa 3715 (1), pp. 1-114 : 53-54

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3715.1.1

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scientific name

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) nasutus Houston, 1990
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Types

Leioproctus nasutus Western Australia: holotype ♂, Meleya Well (28°58'S 117°12'E), Thundelara Station , 28.viii.–2.ix.1981, T.F. Houston ( WAM 89 About WAM /345) [not seen]; paratypes 1♀, 1♂, Meleya Well, 28°58'S 117°12'E, Thundelarra Stn, 28.vii– 2.ix.1981, T.F. Houston off Eremophila longifolia blossom ( WAM 89 About WAM /364, 89/357) GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined: 2♀, 5♂ Queensland: 10 miles (16 k) SW Charleville. South Australia: N Middleback Ra. Western Australia: 34 k NW Bullfinch .

Months collected: August, September, October.

Floral visitations: Scrophulariaceae : Eremophila longifolia , Eremophila gilesii , Eremophila scoparia , Eremophila drummondi .

Female— As for the general description of platycephalus group including the following. Length ca 10 mm. Head— Clypeus strongly protuberant; labrum large length half width, strongly convex (no membranous area); labial and mandibular palps not proportionately any longer than usual. Mesosoma —Fore tibial spur apex very short with only 1–2 teeth; mid tibial spur very thick and strongly hooked; hind bastibial plate a quarter length of tibia. Metasoma —Very dark reddish to black. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 10 mm, covered in long, fine white hair. Head— Gena with long white beard. Mesosoma —Propodeal triangle basal area sculptured with a weak or no defining carina, basal area coriaceous; outer hind tibial spur thick; outer apical edge of fore, mid and hind tibia thick and out turned; tarsi laterally flattened, with long outer fringe. Metasoma— For S7–8 and genitalia see figs 76–78.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Colletidae

Genus

Leioproctus

Loc

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) nasutus Houston, 1990

Maynard, Glynn Vivian 2013
2013
Loc

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) nasutus * Houston 1990: 612

Houston, T. F. 1990: 612
1990
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