Species Leioproctus (Colletellus) altispinosus Leijs, 2018

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leioproctus (Colletellus) altispinosus Leijs, R., Dorey, J. & Hogendoorn, K. 2018. Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus). ZooKeys 811: 109-168 [128, Figure 10A–I].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 12368 ♂, 25 km SW of Tangadee, WA [24.5688S 118.7636E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 12305–28 24♂, 24 km NNE of Beyondie, WA [24.7055S 120.2558E]; WAM 12330 ♂, 25 km SW of Tangadee, WA [24.5688S 118.7636E]; WAM 19839 ♂, 10 km NNW of Meedo, WA [25.6991S 114.7175E]; WAM 27540 ♂, 5 km SSE of Eurardy HS, WA [27.5472S 114.6247E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS)

Ecological Descriptors

Mellivore (associated flora: Calandrinia sp. [MONTIACEAE]; Dicrastylis flexuosa [LAMIACEAE]; Calandrinia polyandra [MONTIACEAE]), volant.

History of changes