Species Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) hypoxantha (Rayment, 1934)
- Euryglossina hypoxantha Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] [202] [misspelled as Euryglossina hypozantha on p. 203].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Rottnest Is., WA. - Brachyhesma (Microhesma) dichaeta 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] [287].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 33–662 ♀, Rottnest Is., WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Brachyhesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 167-201 [Date published 31/12/1968] [188]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Meningie, Purnong, North Beach (Wallaroo) and Rottnest Is.
IBRA
NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].
General References
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] [114] (as Brachyhesma (Microhesma) hypoxantha (Rayment, 1934))
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