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OOD 8, IAD 7, ASD 3, AOD 9, ML 15, BMW 8, MSL 2.0, 
SL 15, SW 3, FL c. 29.— Eyes hairy; length malar space c. 
0.15x basal mandibular width; clypeus gently convex, basal 
suture shallowly V-shaped; middle flagellomeres c. l.lx as 
long as wide; inner hind tibial spur with c. 8 long teeth; hind 
tarsal claw with distinct, sharp inner ramus, mid tarsal claw 
with minute inner ramus, fore tarsal claw simple; pygidial 
plate with medial elevation and small emargination.— 
Labrum, mandible medially dark brown; distitarsi apically 
orange-brown. Tl-4 with wide silver bands, narrowly 
ferruginous across anterior margins.— Clypeus strongly 
reticulate, coarsely punctate with large dense punctures 
partially coalescent. Scutum dull with strong pit-reticulation 
obscuring punctures.— Face with long white plumose hair, 
becoming pale brown hair near ocelli, dense in paraocular 
areas and on frons, sparse on clypeus and supraclypeal area. 
Scutum with close, plumose, pale orange-brown hair; tibial 
scopa brown medially, white laterally; prepygidial fimbria 
pale brown. 
Remarks. The sexes were associated by morphological 
similarity and geographic distribution only. This species is 
referred to as F267 in Houston (2000). 
Distribution. Predominantly east from Shark Bay, Western 
Australia, with one record from near Perth (CAR, GAS, 
MUR, SWA) (Fig. 85). 
Trichocolletes burnsi Michener 
Figs 30, 50, 86 
Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) burnsi Michener, 1965, p. 
263 (female). 
Specimens examined. The holotype Wentworth Falls, NSW, 7 Oct. 
1930, A. N. Bums, MV (T-6265) and the following. Australian Capital 
Territory: S, Picadilly Circus, Brindabella Range, 24 Nov. 1981, J. C. 
Cardale, ANIC; S, Picadilly Circus, Brindabella Range, 2 Jan. 1986, D.C.F. 
Rendz, ANIC. New South Wales: $,7kmNE Bilpin, 25 Oct. 1977, N. 
W. Rodd, AM (K.316653); 2?, Bilpin, 9 Oct. 1978, N. W. Rodd, AM 
(K.316655-56); <J, Clarence, 4 Oct. 1988, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316662); 
Cunnawarra NP (30.5283°S 152.3133°E), 11 Nov. 2003, M. Batley, 
AM (K.316496); Gibraltar Range NP (29.5528°S 152.2531°E), 20 Sep. 
2000, M. Batley, AM (K.316497); 2$, Haystack Ridge, 19 Oct. 1977, N. 
W. Rodd, AM (K.316651-52); £, Haystack Ridge, 7 Nov. 1977, N. W. 
Rodd, AM (K.316654); S, Kosciusco, 24 Nov. 1921, R. J. Tillyard, QM; 
4 S, 3$, Mt Tomah, 10 Oct. 1977, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316642^8); S, 
Mt Tomah, 11 Oct. 1977, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316649-50); 4$, ?, 3 
km S Mt Wilson, 8 Oct. 1979, N. W. Rodd, AM (K.316657-61); S, Mount 
Wilson (33.5417°S 150.3414°E), 24 Sep. 2002, M. Batley, AM (K.316498); 
2$, Mount Wilson (33.5417°S 150.3414°E), 20 Oct. 2002, M. Batley, AM 
(K.316500-01); Narrow Neck (33.7492°S 150.2800°E), 27 Sep. 2002, 
M. Batley, AM (K.316499); S, Wentworth Falls, 27 Oct. 1930, Bums, Alec 
N. , MV(16561). Victoria: S, The Grampians 23 Oct. 1932, Burns, Alec 
N., MV( 16529); S, Mirimbah, 12Nov. 1957,Neboiss, Arturs, MV(16496). 
Diagnosis 
Length 12-14 mm; eyes not hairy; metasomal bands 
indistinct; clypeus short. Male hair on clypeus and 
supraclypeal area dorsally directed; mid basitarsus bowed; 
ventral surface of hind femur without hair. Female tarsal 
claws simple; metasomal terga without white hair. 
Descriptions 
Male (AM K.316499), not previously described.— Head 
width 4.3 mm, body length 12.8 mm. Relative dimensions: 
HW 50, HL 33, UID 29, UFW 31, LID 36, DMA 32, HVO 
4, WOC 11, MOD 4, OOD 9, IAD 11, ASD 3, AOD 7, ML 
21, BMW 7, MSL 3.5, SL 12, SW 4, FL c. 57 .—Eyes not 
hairy; face broad, inner orbits strongly divergent ventrally; 
scapes slightly swollen (width 0.35x length); length malar 
space c. 0.7x basal width mandible; clypeus short (length 
0.35x as long as wide); labrum uniformly convex with slight 
longitudinal depression medially; middle flagellomeres 1.8x 
as long as wide. Legs slender; distitarsi rather broad; mid 
basitarsus slightly bowed and twisted distally; hind tarsus 
1.2x as long as hind tibia; length basitarsus 4.9x as long as 
wide; basitibial area with posterior carina reaching apex. 
Gonoforceps with long hair (Fig. 30) as in T. orientalis 
n.sp.; S7 with very broad, rectangular lateral lobes and 
short posterior projections (Fig. 50).— Labrum, mandible 
basally, ventral rim of clypeus, cream; tibiae, tarsi, scape, 
flagellomeres Fl-7 ventrally and half FI dorsally, orange- 
brown; trochanters and femora dark brown suffused with 
variable amounts of orange-brown. Tl-6 and SI with apical 
margins indistinctly dark brown.— Clypeus with dense, small 
punctures except narrow basal margin impunctate. Scutum 
dull with weak pit-reticulation.— Face with dense, finely- 
branched, bright orange hair, stiff and obliquely vertically 
directed on clypeus and supraclypeal area; vertex with tuft of 
long orange hair behind ocelli; lower gena with dense beard 
of long white hair. Scutum with close, long, finely-branched, 
orange hair; fore basitarsus with fringe of finely-branched 
white hair. Tl,2 with sparse cover of long, erect, finely- 
branched white hair; remaining terga with simple, semi-erect 
hair matching underlying integument. 
Female (AM K.316500).— Head width 4.55 mm, body 
length 13.1 mm. Relative dimensions: HW 50, HL 36, UID 
27, UFW 31, LID 36, DMA 32, HVO 4, WOC 12, MOD 
4, OOD 8, IAD 8, ASD 3, AOD 10, ML 23, BMW 8, MSL 
4.5, SL 15, SW 2, FL c. 34.— Eyes not hairy; face broad, 
inner orbits strongly divergent ventrally; malar space c. 0.6x 
basal width mandible; clypeus short (length 0.45x as long as 
wide), uniformly convex transversely; middle flagellomeres 
c. 1.2x as long as wide; inner hind tibial spur with c. 9 
teeth; tarsal claws simple; pygidial plate with strong medial 
elevation.— Labrum and mandibles brown; legs dark brown 
with orange-brown suffusions on fore and mid femora, tibiae 
and all distitarsi.— Clypeus weakly reticulate with open 
punctures becoming close towards lateral margins. Apical 
margins Tl-4 smoother than remainder of terga.— Face with 
dense, long, plumose white hair becoming dark brown near 
vertex. Scutum with dense, short, plumose, dark brown hair; 
pre-pygidial fimbria dark-brown or black. 
Remarks. Similar to T. latifrons from which male may 
be distinguished clypeal hair, mid basitarsus and absence 
of hair from ventral surface of hind femur. Females may 
distinguished from T. latifrons by the tarsal claws and 
absence of white hair from metasomal terga. 
Distribution. Montane areas of eastern Australia from 
southern Queensland to Victoria (AA, NET, SB, SEH, VM) 
(Fig. 86). 
