Species Thyreus waroonensis (Cockerell, 1913)

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• Crocisa waroonensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Australian bees. i. A new Crocisa, with a list of the Australian species of the genus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 594-595 [Date published 31/12/1913] [594].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.b.1198 ♂, Waroona, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Cleptoparasitic, probably on Amegilla, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Revision of the Indo-Australian species of the genus Thyreus Panzer (=Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 53: 1-212 [Date published 31/12/1962] (redescription, generic placement)

Whitlock, F.L. 1947. Cuckoo bees (Crocisa) at Bunbury. Western Australian Naturalist 1: 44-45 [Date published 31/12/1947] (biology)

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