Species Exoneura (Exoneura) hamulata Cockerell, 1905
- Exoneura hamulata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 465-477 [Date published 31/12/1905] [466].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a female is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym. 17.b.347), Moss Bay (description gives 'Moss Bay, Australia, 13.12.1893 W.W. Froggatt', probably Mosmans Bay, as Froggatt lived in Sydney), NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in dead, dry stems (Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Lantana L. [Verbenaceae], Rubus L. [Rosaceae]), dead fronds (Dicksonia L'Hérit. [Dicksoniaceae]), flowering stalks (Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae]), two or more adult females may be present in one nest, not all females lay eggs, all immature stages found in the communal chamber, larvae fed progressively, flower visiting record: aster, Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Persoonia Sm. [Proteaceae], Prasophyllum R.Br. [Orchidaceae], Rubus L. [Rosaceae], Stylidium Willd. [Stylidiaceae], Swainsona Salisb. [Fabaceae].
General References
Cane, J.H. & Michener, C.D. 1983. Chemistry and function of mandibular gland products of bees of the genus Exoneura (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 9: 1525-1531 [Date published 31/12/1983] (taxonomy)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Some Australian bees. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 65: 28-44 [Date published 31/12/1913] (description of male)
Erickson, R. 1958. Triggerplants. Perth : Paterson Brokensha 229 pp. [Date published 31/12/1958] (flower record)
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] [243] (flower record)
Michener, C.D. 1973. Size and form of eggs of allodapine bees. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 36: 281-285 [Date published 31/12/1973] (egg, as
Michener, C.D. 1983. The parasitic Australian allodapine genus Inquilina (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56: 555-559 [Date published 31/12/1983] (taxonomy and as host of an Inquilina)
Michener, C.D. & Brooks, R.W. 1984. A comparative study of the glossae of bees (Apoidea). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 22: 1-73 [Date published 31/12/1984] (glossa)
Michener, C.D. & Scheiring, J.F. 1976. Pupae of allodapine bees (Hymenoptera: Xylocopinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 63-70 [Date published 31/12/1976] (pupa)
Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] (distribution)
Rayment, T. 1946. New bees and wasps—Part III. Another new Exoneura; also notes on the biology of E. hamulata. Victorian Naturalist 63: 63-68 [Date published 31/12/1946] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1951. Biology of the reed-bees. With descriptions of three new species and two allotypes of Exoneura. The Australian Zoologist 11: 285-313 [Date published 31/12/1951] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
Syed, I.H. 1963. Comparative studies of larvae of Australian ceratinine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 64: 263-280 [Date published 31/12/1963] (larva)
Wakefield, N.A. 1953. Notes on East Gippsland orchids. Victorian Naturalist 70: 28 [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
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