Goniocolletes fimbriatinus (Cockerell, 1910)

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 : 106

Goniocolletes fimbriatinus (Cockerell, 1910)

Paracolletes fimbriatinus * Cockerell 1910a: 202 ; 1934:26.

Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) fimbriatinus (Cockerell) . Michener 1965:66, figs 139–141.

Type

Paracolletes fimbriatinus — Victoria: ♂, holotype ( BMNH 17 a.443) .

Additional material examined: 4♀, 18♂ Queensland: Rockpool Gorge, Bluff Ra. via Biggenden; 10 miles (16 k) W Charleville; 37 k W Warwick; 29 k E Texas; Amiens; Stanthorpe. New South Wales: Blue Mtns. Victoria: Melton; Boundary Ck Rd 33k W Cann River; East Rosanna; Collquhoun Sf, N of Lakes Entrance. Western Australia: Frank Hann NP, 56k E Lake King. Northern Territory: Barrow Creek.

Months collected: January, February, October, November, December.

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus spp. , Eucalyptus crebra , Eualyptus camaldulensis , Leptospermum .

Female —Length ca 11 mm. Head— Integument black; hair pale yellow to white, appressed; facial foveae impressed and distinct for entire margin; supraclypeal area punctate; malar space smooth length about 0.1 width; mandibles large, black reddish towards tip; basal area of labrum raised triangular. Mesosoma — Integument black; hair dense, short, orange, no bare area; propodeal triangle with basal area narrower than metanotum; basal area smooth; legs orange with black patches; midtibial spur long, slender; hind basitibial plate with moderately coarse, dense hair, not obscuring surrounding carina; inner hind tibial spur with 7 long, slender teeth; hind basitarsus with margin of short, branched hairs; anal area of forewing with microtrichia especially apically. Metasoma— Integument dark orange; hair orange, T1 with long, sparse branched hair T2–4 with short, white hair; caudal fimbria dense, pale brown; pygidial plate apically emarginate, medially convex with broad, flat margin. Male — As for female except as follows: Length ca 9 mm. Head— Hair yellow, very dense, appressed below antennal sockets; F3–11 length greater than width; mandibles slender; beard moderate length and density. Mesosoma —Hair long, dense, yellow; propodeal triangle with weak carinae above and below main strong transverse carina; tibia and tarsi orange with black patches. Metasoma— Hair long, moderately dense; pygidial clearly defined, triangular; integument black on apical segment; S3–4 with thick, apical fringe; S5 with a weaker fringe. For details of S7–8 and genitalia see figs 211–213.