Species Lasioglossum (Homalictus) megastigmum (Cockerell, 1926)

Museums

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• Halictus megastigmus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] [219].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, Hobart, TAS.
• Halictus dixoni 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. [703].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (described as ♂), Ferntree Gully, VIC.
• Halictus tarltoni hentyi Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Gorae West, VIC.
• Halictus sevillensis Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Seville, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Walker, K.L. 1986. Revision of the Australian species of the genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 105-200 [Date published 31/12/1986] [146]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Carpobrotus N.E. Br. [Aizoaceae], Correa Andrews [Rutaceae], Epacris Cav. [Epacridaceae], Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Lasiopetalum Sm. [Sterculiaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Olearia Moench [Asteraceae], Pomaderris Labill. [Rhamnaceae], Sprengelia Sm. [Epacridaceae], Tetratheca Sm. [Tremandraceae].

General References

Bernhardt, P. 1987. A comparison of the diversity, density, and foraging behavior of bees and wasps on Australian Acacia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 74: 42-50 [Date published 31/12/1987] (flower record)

Bernhardt, P. & Walker, K. 1984. Bee foraging on three sympatric species of Australian Acacia. International Journal of Entomology 26: 322-330 [Date published 31/12/1984] (flower record)

Bernhardt, P. & Walker, K. 1985. Insect foraging on Acacia retinodes var. retinodes in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Entomology 27: 97-101 [Date published 31/12/1985] (flower record)

Hingston, A.B. 1998. Temporal and spatial variation in abundances of native bee species on an altitudinal gradient in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 497-507 [506]

Hingston, A.B. 1999. Affinities between southern Tasmanian plants in native bee visitor profiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 361-384 [382] (flower record)

Ireland, J.C. & Griffin, A.R. 1984. Observations on the pollination ecology of Eucalyptus muellerana Howitt in East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 101: 207-211 [Date published 31/12/1984] (flower record, as Homalictus dixoni (Rayment, 1935))

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