Species Trichocolletes pulcherrimus Michener, 1965
- Trichocolletes pulcherrimus Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [265].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 65–727 ♂, Narrogin, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes (Callocolletes) pulcherrimus Michener, 1965.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southwestern Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected on flowers of: Burtonia hendersoni, Gastrolobium spinosum, Gompholobium viscidulum, Jacksonia sp.
Diagnosis
Length 16–18 mm; eyes not hairy; metasoma orangebrown with indistinct metasomal bands; flagellum banded dorsally in both sexes. Male hind tibia strongly expanded, without spurs; apical segment of flagellum truncate, slightly expanded on one side; fore trochanter with large spine. Female scape and more than half clypeus orange-brown.
General References
Batley, M. & Houston, T.F. 2012. Revision of the Australian bee genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini). Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 1-50 [Date published 23 May 2012]
History of changes
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| 07-Sep-2012 | 07-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Oct-2015 | 07-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |