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32(31) Scutal hair dark grey or grey-brown; labial palpus < 0.5x post 
palpal part of galea . T. hackeri 
- Scutal hair pale or mid-brown; labial palpus > 0.5x post palpal 
part of galea. 33 
33(32) Hind tarsal claw only with small inner ramus. T. centralis n.sp. 
Hind tarsal claw with large inner ramus. 34 
34(33) Inner hind tibial spur with c. 7 teeth; body length c.15 mm . T. luteorufus n.sp. 
- Inner hind tibial spur with c. 10 teeth; body length c.12 mm . 35 
35(34) Metasomal bands pale gold or silver with broad ferruginous 
anterior margin . T. aureotinctus 
- Metasomal bands uniform gold. T. serotinus n.sp. 
36(18) Metasoma orange-brown. 37 
Metasoma black. 39 
37(36) T2 without lateral black marks. T. pulcherrimus 
- T2 with black marks laterally. 38 
38(37) Impunctate area near antennal bases; tarsal claws simple. T. erythrurus 
- Face punctate near antennal bases; tarsal claws with large inner 
rami. T. rufibasis 
39(36) T2-4 with white hair laterally; tarsal claws with large inner rami. T. latifrons 
—— Metasoma without white hair; tarsal claws simple . T. burnsi 
Species descriptions 
Trichocolletes aeratus n.sp. 
Figs 44, 80 
Type. Holotype S, Bilpin, New South Wales (33.4814°S 
150.5480°E), 21 Sep. 2005, M. Batley, ex Daviesia 
mimosoides, in AM K.278547. 
Specimens examined. The holotype and the following. Australian 
Capital Territory: 3c?, Black Mountain (35.2633°S 149.0875°E), 1 Oct. 
2006, M. Batley, ex Daviesia mimosoides & Hardenbergia violacea, AM 
(K.344635-37); Mount Ainslie, 21 Oct. 1993, G. J. Davis & G. V. Maynard, 
MV; Mount Ainslie, 21 Oct. 1993, G. J. Davis & G. V. Maynard, off 
Helipterum, MV. New South Wales: 4c?, Bilpin (33.4814°S 150.5480°E), 
9-21 Sep. 2005 & 12 Sep. 2009, M. Batley, ex Daviesia mimosoides, 
AM (K.344632-33,41,42); 14 km E Coonabarrabran (31.2133°S 
149.4022°E), 8 Oct. 2008, M. Batley, ex Daviesia latifolia, AM (K.344640); 
2c?, ?, Cunnawarra NP (30.5739°S 152.2583°E), 7 Oct. 2002, M. Batley, 
ex Daviesia mimosoides & Podolobium ilicifolium, AM (K.333629-31); 
5$, 30 km S Dubbo, 12 Nov. 1984, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.344634-38); 
<?, Grose Vale, 11 Sep. 1978, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316620); 13c?, 7?, 
1.5 km W Mongarlowe, 23 Oct. & 13 Nov. 1993, G. J. Davis & G. V. 
Maynard, off Daviesia mimosoides, MV (930958-62); 2c?, 12 km S Mount 
Canobolas (33.4208°S 148.9156°E), 2 Oct. 2008, M. Batley, ex Pultenaea 
sp„ AM (K.344638-39); 4$, Mt Victoria, 20 Oct. 1930, Burns, Alec N., 
MV (16533,34,46,47); 2$, Mt Vincent, 20 Nov. 1978, N. W. Rodd, AM 
(K.316621-22); <?, Mullion Flora Res. (33.1100°S 149.1700°E), 1 Oct. 
2005, M. Batley, ex Dillwynia sp., AM (K.344634); c?, Napoleon Reef 
(33.4172°S 149.7492°E), 7 Nov. 2005, M. Batley, ex Daviesia leptophylla, 
AM; 2c?, 2$, Newnes, 24 Sep. 1972, G. Williams, AM (K.316616-19); 4c?, 
3$ , Weddin Mtns NP, 24 Sep. 1980, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316623-29); 2$, 
Wentworth Falls, Oct. 1930, Wilson, F E., MV (16501-02). Queensland: 
Acacia Ridge, 14 Aug. 1966,1. D. Galloway, UQIC; <?, S of Amiens, 27 
Sep. 1967, T. F. Houston, Daviesia, SAM (32-024504); c?, 3$, Beechmont, 
2-5 Oct. 1984, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316630-33); 6c?, Brisbane, 28 Aug.^1 
Sep. 1911, H. Hacker, QM; 3c?, Brisbane, 18 Aug. 1914, H. Hacker, QM; 
7, Brisbane, 8 Sep. 1915, H. Hacker, QM; 2$, Dunwich, Nth Stradbroke 
Is, 22 Aug. 1958, F. A. Perkins, UQIC; 2c?, S of Eukey, 26 Sep. 1967, 
T. F. Houston, Daviesia and Hardenbergia, SAM (32-024502, 06); 2$, 
Kelvin Grove, 14 Sep. 1912, on Daviesia, QM; c?, ( f ) , Mt Cooth-Tha, 14 
Sep.-19 Oct. 1966, T. F. Houston, SAM (32-024494,500); <?, Mt Marley nr 
Stanthorpe, 22 Sep. 1995, D. K. Yeates, at Hardenbergia violacea blossom, 
UQIC; c?, Stanthorpe, 4 Oct. 1966, J. C. Cardale, UQIC; £, Sunnybank, 
25 Sep. 1911, H. Hacker, QM; 2c?, $, Tooheys Hill, 28 Aug.-4 Sep. 1911, 
H. Hacker, QM. 
Diagnosis 
Length 10-11 mm; eyes hairy; metasomal bands wide, brassy 
colour; male fore basitarsus without plume; female clypeus 
sagittaly flattened. 
Descriptions 
Male (holotype ).—Head width 3.60 mm, body length 10.1 
mm. HW 50, HL 40, UID 31, UFW 32, LID 31, DMA 31, 
HVO 4, WOC 14, MOD 4, OOD 9, IAD 10, ASD 3, AOD 
8, ML 22, BMW 3, MSL 7.5, SL 14, SW 3, LL c. 54 .—Eyes 
hairy; inner orbits parallel; length malar space c. 0.33x basal 
mandibular width; middle flagellomeres c. 1.4x as long as wide. 
Hind tarsus 1.2x as long as hind tibia; hind basitarsus 5.Ox as 
long as wide. Genital capsule similar to that for T. orientalis 
n.sp. (Lig. 37); S7 with broad, rounded lateral lobes and short 
posterior projections (Lig. 44).— Labrum, mandible, scape, 
tarsi, tibiae and apices of femora orange-brown; fore and mid 
tibiae with dark suffusions medially. Tl-5 with wide, brassy 
bands .—Clypeus with contiguous punctures except at ventral 
margin. Scutum with dull sheen, moderate pit-reticulation and 
close, small punctures .—Face with dense, long, orange hair, 
finely branched below antennae, plumose above. Scutum with 
close, long, plumose, bright orange hair, semi-adpressed hair on 
metasomal terga somewhat longer than in most other species; 
dark areas of metasomal terga with scattered, short, golden hair. 
