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Family TROCHOMETRIDIIDAE Mahunka, 1970

Introduction

The Superfamily Trochometridioidea, Family Trochometridiidae, and genus Trochometridium are known from Australia from a single specimen recorded by Walter et al. (2002) as Trochometridium sp., collected from the bee Lasioglossum eremaea near Alice Springs. The family otherwise consists of a single genus and two species, which are kleptoparasites and fungivores in the nests of ground-nesting bees (Walter et al. 2009).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
29-Jul-2010 29-Jul-2010 MOVED
19-Jul-2010 ADDED