Leioproctus Smith
Creators: name: Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Leioproctus

description: Genus Leioproctus Smith
Leioproctus Smith 1853: 8. Type species: Leioproctus imitatus Smith 1853, by designation of Cockerell 1905: 348.
Dasycolletes Smith 1853: 4. Type species: Dasycolletes metalicus Smith 1853, by designation of Cockerell 1905a: 347.
Paracolletes (Heterocolletes) Rayment 1935: 184. Type species: Paracolletes capillatus Rayment 1935, by original designation.
Leioproctus (Leioproctus); Michener 1965: 47.
Leioproctus (Anacolletes) Michener 1965: 59. Type species: Lamprocolletes bimaculatus Smith 1879, by original designation.
Geographic distribution: Australia (including Tasmania), Lord Howe Island, Misool, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand.
Included species (142): Leioproctus abnormis (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus advena (Smith 1862) [Andrena]; Leioproctus albovittatus (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus alienus (Smith 1853) [Andrena]; Leioproctus alleynae (Rayment 1935) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus amabilis (Smith 1879) [Lamprocolletes] (= Lamprocolletes metallicus Smith 1879); Leioproctus apicalis (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus atronitens (Cockerell 1914e) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus bacchalis (Cockerell 1914c) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes providellus bacchalis]; Leioproctus bicristatus (Cockerell 1929d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus bimaculatus (Smith 1879) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus boltoni (Cockerell 1904a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus boroniae (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus caerulescens (Cockerell 1929a) [Paracolletes, not Pasiphae caerulescens Spinola 1851; originally described as Paracolletes providellus caerulescens]; Leioproctus canutus Houston 1990; Leioproctus capillatus (Rayment 1935) [Paracolletes (Heterocolletes)]; Leioproctus capito Houston 1990; Leioproctus carinatulus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus carinatus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus castaneipes (Cockerell 1914e) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus chalcurus (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus chalybaeus (Friese 1909) [Nomia, not Biglossa chalybaea Friese 1906] (= Leioproctus papuanus Michener 1965); Leioproctus cinereus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus clarki (Cockerell 1929d) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes melbournensis clarki]; Leioproctus concavus Houston 1990; Leioproctus confusus Cockerell 1904a; Leioproctus conospermi Houston 1989; Leioproctus crenulatus Michener 1965 [Leioproctus (Chrysocolletes)]; Leioproctus cristatus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus cupreus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus cyaneorufus (Cockerell 1930b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus cyanurus (Cockerell 1914c) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes humerosus cyanurus]; Leioproctus eremites Houston 1990; Leioproctus eremitulus Houston 1990; Leioproctus eucalypti (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus euphenax (Cockerell 1913a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus excubitor Houston 1991; Leioproctus facialis (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus ferrise (Rayment 1935) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus festivus (Cockerell 1929a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus finkei Michener 1965 [Leioproctus (Microcolletes)]; Leioproctus flavomaculatus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus franki (Cockerell 1929a) [Paracolletes, not Bicolletes franki Friese 1908] (= Leioproctus frankiellus Michener 1965); Leioproctus frenchi (Cockerell 1929a) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes semipurpureus frenchi]; Leioproctus friesei Cockerell 1929a [Paracolletes, not Bicolletes friesi Ducke 1912] (= Paracolletes fervidus Friese 1924 [not Paracolletes fervidus Smith 1879], Leioproctus friesellus Michener 1965); Leioproctus hackeri (Cockerell 1918b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus hardyi (Cockerell 1929d) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes nigroclypeatus hardyi]; Leioproctus helichrysi (Cockerell 1918b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus helmsi (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus hobartensis (Cockerell 1906b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus huakiwi Donovan 2007; Leioproctus humerosus (Smith 1879) [Dayscolletes]; Leioproctus ibex (Cockerell 1914c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus illawarraensis (Rayment 1954) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes subviridis illawarraensis]; Leioproctus imitatus Smith 1853 (= Paracolletes maorium Cockerell 1913 a, Paracolletes viridibasis Cockerell 1936); Leioproctus incomptus (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus insularis (Cockerell 1913a) [Paracolletes] (Paracolletes tuberculatus insularis); Leioproctus irroratus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus kanapuu Donovan 2007; Leioproctus keehua Donovan 2007; Leioproctus kumarina Houston 1990; Leioproctus lanceolatus Houston 1990; Leioproctus lanhami Michener 1965; Leioproctus launcestonensis (Cockerell 1914b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus leai (Cockerell 1913c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus longipalpus Houston 1990; Leioproctus lucanus Houston 1990; Leioproctus lucidicinctus Houston 1990; Leioproctus macmillani Houston 1991; Leioproctus maculatus (Rayment 1930a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus megachalcoides Michener 1965; Leioproctus melanurus (Cockerell 1930b), comb.n. [Paracolletes] (= Leioproctus melanoproctus Michener 1965); Leioproctus melbournensis (Cockerell 1910c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus metallescens (Cockerell 1914e) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus metallicus (Smith 1853) [Dasycolletes, not Lamprocolletes metallicus Smith 1879 (= Leioproctus amabilis Smith 1879)]; Leioproctus microsomus Michener 1965 [Leioproctus (Microcolletes)]; Leioproctus mimulus (Cockerell 1910c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus minutus (Friese 1924) [Lamprocolletes] (= Paracolletes perminutus Cockerell 1929 a); Leioproctus moniliformis (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nanus (Smith 1879) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus nasutus Houston 1990; Leioproctus nicholsoni (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nigritulus (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nigroclypeatus (Cockerell 1910c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nigrofulvus (Cockerell 1914a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nigropurpureus (Rayment 1935) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nitidulus (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus nomadiformis (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus obscuripennis (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus obscurus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus opaculus (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus ornatissimus (Cockerell 1916b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus otautahi Donovan 2007; Leioproctus pallidicinctus (Rayment 1953) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus pango Donovan, 2007; Leioproctus pappus Houston 1989; Leioproctus pavonellus (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus phillipensis (Rayment 1953) [Paracolletes; described as Paracolletes advena phillipensis]; Leioproctus philonesus (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus platycephalus (Cockerell 1912) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus plebeius (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus plumosellus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus plumosus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes] (= Lamprocolletes bicolor Smith 1879); Leioproctus providellus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus providus (Smith 1879) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus punctatus (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus purpureus (Smith 1853) [Dasycolletes]; Leioproctus pusillus (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus recusus (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus regalis (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus rhodopus (Cockerell 1914) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus roseoviridis (Cockerell 1905) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus rubellus (Smith 1862) [Dasycolletes]; Leioproctus rudis (Cockerell 1906b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus ruficornis (Smith 1879) [Lamprocolletes]; Leioproctus rufipes (Cockerell 1929c) [Paracolletes; described as Paracolletes amabilis rufipes); Leioproctus rufoaeneus (Friese 1924) [Dasycolletes]; Leioproctus scitulus (Cockerell 1921) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus semilautus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus semilucens (Cockerell 1929d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus semipurpureus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes; originally described as Paracolletes cupreus semipurpureus] (= Lamprocolletes cupreus minor Friese 1924); Leioproctus semiviridis (Cockerell 1930b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus sexmaculatus (Cockerell 1914e) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus sigillatus (Cockerell 1914c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus simillimus (Cockerell 1916a) [Paracolletes; not Euryglossidia simillimus Smith 1879; not Goniocolletes simillimus Rayment 1935] (= Leioproctus simulator Michener 1965); Leioproctus stewarti (Rayment 1947) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus subdolus (Cockerell 1913a) [Paracolletes; described as Paracolletes fervidus subdolus]; Leioproctus subminutus (Rayment 1934) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus subpunctatus (Rayment 1935) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus subviridis (Cockerell 1915c) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus thornleighensis (Cockerell 1906b) [Paracolletes] (= Lamprocolletes nigriventris Friese 1924); Leioproctus tomentosus Houston 1989; Leioproctus tropicalis (Cockerell 1929b) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus truncatulus (Cockerell 1913a) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus unguidentatus Michener 1965; Leioproctus versicolor (Smith 1853) [Lamprocolletes] (= Lamprocolletes spatulatus Cockerell 1905 d); Leioproctus vestitus (Smith 1876) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus viridicinctus (Cockerell 1905d) [Paracolletes]; Leioproctus wahlembergiae Michener 1965 [Leioproctus (Microcolletes)]; Leioproctus waipounamu Donovan, 2007; Leioproctus worsfoldi (Cockerell 1906b) [Paracolletes].
Comments. Leioproctus is the largest genus of Paracolletinae and has never been revised in a comprehensive manner. Michener (1965: 48–52) recognized groups of species within Leioproctus (as here defined—his subgenus Leioproctus s.str.), which facilitate species-level identification. Two additional groups were recently recognized: the Leioproctus conospermi and L. capito species-groups are associated with flowers of Conospermum and Eremophila, respectively, and were revised by Houston (1989, 1990). All the species known from New Zealand were reviewed by Donovan (2007). Extensive revisionary work is needed for the clarification of species identities within Leioproctus and for the delimitation of smaller, monophyletic groups which will be afforded either generic or subgeneric or status.
description: Published as part of Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2008, Revised species checklist of the Paracolletinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of the Australian Region, with the description of new taxa, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1891 on pages 10-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184350