Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum (Smith, 1853)

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Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum (Smith, 1853)

Halictus bicingulatus Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [57].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (presumed lost, K. Walker 1995), Melbourne, VIC.
Halictus festivus Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [707].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, West Warburton, VIC.
Halictus haematopus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Some Tasmanian bees. The Entomologist 47: 305-308 [Date published 31/12/1914] [307].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.989 ♂, Launceston, TAS.
Halictus leai Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [237].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.968 ♀, VIC.
Halictus sanguinipes Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 504-522 [Date published 31/12/1914] [513].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 58177 ♂, Windsor, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Walker, K. 1995. Revision of the Australian native bee subgenus Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 55: 1-423 [Date published 31/12/95] [71]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern zone of the Bassian province, with a few records from north QLD.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in soil, some nests with more than one female, flower visiting records: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Ligustrum L. [Oleaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Schinus L. [Anacardiaceae], Tristaniopsis Brongn. & Gris [Myrtaceae].