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metanotum and propodeum as for male. Hind basitibial 
plate strongly carinate, apically rounded; inner hind tibial 
spur gently curved with 5 well-spaced teeth; pygidial plate 
striolate, apex rounded, entire.— Integument black except 
flagellum brown, mandibles amber with dark red tips, 
labrum brown basally, apically amber; metasomal terga with 
posterior margins translucent brown, sterna black or dark 
brown, anterior face fore tibia yellow-brown.— Clypeus, 
interantennal area, frons and vertex densely punctate; 
fovea strongly impressed, impunctate, ca 2 A width of scape 
basally, curving towards but not reaching lateral ocellus; 
scutum and scutellum densely punctate; metanotum with fine 
contiguous punctures; propodeal triangle irregularly rugose 
basally, propodeum laterally densely punctate; metasomal 
terga polished and densely punctate except on posterior 
margins; sterna with punctures sparse basally becoming 
dense apically; pygidial plate striolate.— Face with dense, 
adpressed, white pubescence in paraocular areas almost 
reaching top of eye; vertex with a row of call pale orange, 
erect, curved setae (Fig. 7); frons and clypeus openly covered 
with finer, unbranched setae; scutum and scutellum closely 
covered with short, densely-branched, erect, white hair, 
becoming dense around margins; metanotum with slightly 
longer hair near tubercle; hind tibial scopa white, sparsely 
branched; hind basitarsus with open fringe of long white 
plumose hair on posterior margin; metasomal Tl,2 with 
dense white hair apicolaterally, T3,4 with broad, dense white 
apical hair bands, T2-4 basally with close white hair bands, 
usually obscured by preceding tergum; prepygidial fimbria 
pale brown; S5 with dense, white apical fringe. 
Remarks. The sexes were associated by coincident 
collection and the convex face. 
Etymology. The species is named after Alex Gurney, creator 
of the comic strip “Bluey and Curley”. 
Leioproctus (Protomorplia) latifrons Batley n.sp. 
Type specimens. Holotype S Kunnamuka Swamp, 
Queensland (23.353°S 138.260°E), 22 Nov 2010, T. Popic, 
ex Scaevolaparvibarbata, in AM (K362320). 
Paratypes (7, all deposited in AM): Queensland: $, 
Kunnamuka Swamp (23.353°S 138.260°E), 15 Apr 2012, M. 
Batley, ex Scaevola depauperata (K362321); 5 $ 5, Ethabuka 
Station (23.756°S 138.474°E), 21 Apr 2012, M. Batley, ex 
Scaevola depauperata (K362322-6); g| Ethabuka Station 
(23.740°S 138.466°E), 14 Nov 2010, T. Popic, ex Scaevola 
parvibarbata (K362327). 
Other specimens examined. New South Wales: $, 
Milparinka, 17 Nov 1949, E. F. Reik, in ANIC. Northern 
Territory: 2$ $, Plenty River, 245 km ENE Alice Springs, 
14 Oct 1978, J. C. Cardale, in ANIC. Queensland: 5 , Lawn 
Hill Gorge, 16-18 May 1995, I. D. Naumann, in ANIC. 
Western Australia: $,13 kmNNerrenNerrenHS, 15 Sep 
1981, L. Kelsey, in ANIC. 
Diagnosis 
Female with vertex broadly elevated, bigibbous, bearing 
stiff orange setae, frons with lateral patches of similar setae, 
clypeus flat. Male with vertex weakly bigibbous, hind tibia 
with hooked setae, basitarsus broad (width 0.32x length) 
with moderately long spurs, inner recurved near base, outer 
0.7x as long as inner. 
Descriptions 
Male— Head width 1.9 mm, body length 5.7 mm. Relative 
measurements: HW 50, HL 42, UID 32, UFW 33, LID 23, 
HVO 3, WOC 20, OOD 8, IAD 7, AOD 7, SL 15, SW 4, FL 
38.— Inner orbits strongly convergent; clypeus almost flat, 
apical % gently convex; labrum strongly carinate, basal part 
smoothly convex, apical part not visible; flagellum 0.75x as 
long as head width; propodeal triangle subhorizontal basally, 
vertical apically with a sharp change of slope but no carina. 
Hind tibia broad (Fig. 14), maximum width 0.32x length, 
with 7 stiff, apically hooked setae and two large spurs, 
inner recurved near base, outer 0.7x as long as inner; hind 
basitarsus weakly concave, width 0.34x length, with a short 
apical extension of anterior margin (Fig. 15). Metasomal 
T2 with postgradular area depressed; S6 with strong medial 
ridge; S7,8 and genitalia as in Figs. 30-32.— Integument 
black except flagellum dull orange-brown, mandibles 
orange-brown with dark red tips, labrum orange-brown, 
metasomal terga with posterior margins translucent brown, 
sterna dark brown, anterior face fore tibia, distal ends of 
all tibiae and all tarsi orange-brown, S6 brown.— Clypeus, 
supraclypeal area and frons densely punctate, fovea obscured 
by tomentum; scutum and scutellum polished, closely 
punctate; mesepisternum densely punctate; metanotum with 
weak tubercle; propodeal triangle coarsely rugose basally, 
laterally propodeum with large, contiguous punctures; 
metasoma strongly punctate except for wide impunctate 
apical margins.— Face below mid frons densely covered with 
adpressed, silver-white pubescence; vertex with open, erect, 
plumose pale brown hair; gena with open, white, plumose 
hair; scutum and scutellum openly covered with long, white, 
finely plumose hair; metasomal T1 with open, long, white 
hair on basal half, Tl,2 apicolaterally with weak white hair 
patches; T2-4 basally with bands of close white hair; S3,4 
with long apical fringes; S6 with dense apical hair tuft. 
Female— Head width 2.2 mm, body length 6.8 mm. Relative 
measurements: HW 50, HL 40, UID 35, UFW 34, LID 26, 
HVO 2, WOC 21, OOD 7, IAD 8, AOD 8, SL 15, SW 3, FL 
22.— Inner orbits convergent ventrally; clypeus flat, except 
ventrolateral corners strongly convex, apical margin gently 
sinuous with small medial projection; labrum strongly 
carinate, basal and apical areas concave; mandibles narrow 
with no preapical tooth (Fig. 1) and weak, rounded outer 
ridge; flagellum <V Z as long as head width; propodeum as 
for male. Hind basitibial plate strongly carinate; inner hind 
tibial spur gently curved with 8 strong teeth; pygidial plate 
striate with small apical emargination.— Integument black, 
except labrum and marginal area of clypeus amber, flagellum 
brown, mandibles amber with dark red tips, metasomal 
terga with posterior margins translucent brown, sterna dark 
brown, anterior face fore tibia yellow-brown.— Clypeus 
densely punctate except ventrolateral corner impunctate 
and polished; frons and vertex densely punctate; fovea 
impressed, impunctate and dull, about as wide as base of 
scape, almost reaching lateral ocellus; scutum and scutellum 
densely punctate; metanotum with fine contiguous punctures; 
propodeal triangle irregularly rugose basally, propodeum 
