Species Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) sulphurella (Cockerell, 1913)

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• Euryglossina sulphurella Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 387-394 [Date published 31/12/1913] [389].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.296 ♀, Purnong, near Murray River, SA.
• Euryglossina bicolor Rayment, T. 1928. A new prosopoid bee. Victorian Naturalist 45: 97-98 [Date published 31/12/1928] [fig. 4 on p. 97] [name introduced and used only as a caption on p. 98 to fig. on p. 97; the illustration of Euryglossina bicolor Rayment, 1928 was published again in 1935, but with the caption as Euryglossina sulphurella var. colorata; 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. states 'This variety of sulphurella, appeared in the 'Victorian Naturalist' August, 1928, without the description.'; the holotype is labelled Euryglossina sulphurella colorata].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Purnong, SA.

  Secondary source:

   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.
• Euryglossina sulphurella colorata 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. [651] [junior objective synonym of Euryglossina bicolor Rayment, 1928].

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] [195]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Exley, E.M. 1977. The Australian genus Brachyhesma (Apoidea: Colletidae) revised and reviewed. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 53: 1-54 [Date published 31/12/1977] (distribution)

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