Species Braunsapis praesumptiosa (Michener, 1961)

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• Allodapula praesumptiosa Michener, C.D. 1961. Probable parasitism among Australian bees of the genus Allodapula (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Ceratinini). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54: 532-534 [Date published 31/12/1961] [533].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2841 ♀, Mackay, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Possibly cleptoparasitic on Braunsapis simillima (Smith, 1854) but females with pollen in scopa, flower visiting record: Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].

General References

Michener, C.D. 1974. The Social Behaviour of the Bees. A comparative study. Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 404 pp. [Date published 31/12/1974] (generic placement)

Michener, C.D. & Syed, I.H. 1962. Specific characters of the larvae and adults of Allodapula in the Australian region (Hymenoptera: Ceratinini). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 1: 30-41 [Date published 31/12/1962] (taxonomy)

Reyes, S.G. 1993. Revision of the bee genus Braunsapis in the Australian region (Hymenoptera: Xylocopinae: Allodapini). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(3): 97-121 [Date published August] [112] (redescription, distribution, biology)

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