Species Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) perlutea (Cockerell, 1916)

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• Euryglossina sulphurella perlutea Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 17: 428-435 [Date published 31/12/1916] [434].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.295 ♂, Kalamunda, WA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Brachyhesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 167-201 [Date published 31/12/1968] (redescription)

Exley, E.M. 1974. A contribution to our knowledge of the bee fauna (Colletidae: Euryglossinae) of remote areas of Australia with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 85: 95-110 [Date published 31/12/1974] (distribution)

Houston, T.F. 1969. Observations on the nests and behaviour of some euryglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 1-10 [Date published 31/12/1969] (biology)

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] (taxonomy)

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