Leioproctus ( Leioproctus ) recusus ( Cockerell, 1921 )

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 : 61

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scientific name	Leioproctus ( Leioproctus ) recusus ( Cockerell, 1921 )
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Leioproctus ( Leioproctus) recusus ( Cockerell, 1921) View in CoL

Paracolletes recusus * Cockerell 1921: 94 ; 1934: 34.

Paracolletes subviridus illawaraensis *Rayment 1954: 48 . syn.n.

Leioproctus illawaraensis (Rayment) . Michener 1965: 51.

Leioproctus recusus (Cockerell) View in CoL . Michener 1965: 52.

The holotype of Paracolletes recusus and Paracolletes subviridus illawaraensis are both female and show no significant morphological variations.

Types

Paracolletes recusus — Queensland: holotype ♀, Tamborine Mountain , 27.x.1912, H. Hacker ( QM T.2398) .

Paracolletes subviridus illawaraensis — New South Wales: holotype ♀, Jamberoo, 20.i.1950 ( ANIC) .

Additional material examined: 4♀, 68♂ Queensland: Kuranda, F.P. Dodd; Bunya Mts; Mt Pleasant; Dunkeld; Brisbane; Toowoomba; Dunwich; Stanthorpe; swarming near nests, Canungra; Springbrook; Glen Aplin; Girraween; Palen Ck; Lamington NP. New South Wales: Bald Rock NP, 25 k SE Stanthorpe; Boonoo Boonoo; SE Bourke; 14 k SW Ebor; New England NP via Ebor; Gibraltar Range NP; Sydney; Loftus. Victoria: foot of Mt William , Grampians; Healesville; Belgrave; Lorne; Croydon; Warburton; Emerald; Mt Donna Buang. Tasmania: Junction Ck .

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

Floral visitations: Myrtaceae : Leptospermum flavescens ; Leptospermum ; Eucalyptus ; Calistemon saligans.

Description— This species is readily distinguished by the hind femora and all the tibiae and tarsi being orange. S7 has 2 small lobes with apical patches of hair, quite unlike those of L. alleynae . For male S7–8 and genitalia see figs 97–99.