''Leioproctus carinatifrons'' is a species of
Australia
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. It is found in coastal regions of
New South Wales,
Victoria and
South Australia, and feeds on the nectar of various species of ''
Persoonia''.
It was
first described in 1929 by
T. D. A. Cockerell as ''Paracolletes carinatifrons''.
Males are around long, and females .
It is closely related to ''
L. perpolitus'' from
Western Australia
References
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Colletidae
Hymenoptera of Australia
Insects described in 1929
Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
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