Species Callohesma calliopsiformis (Cockerell, 1905)

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• Euryglossa calliopsiformis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 292-301 [Date published 31/12/1905] [293].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.288 ♀, Mackay, QLD.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), 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: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian bees of the genus Euryglossa. The Entomologist 47: 213-215 [Date published 31/12/1914] (description of male)

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [31]

Exley, E.M. 1974. Revision of the subgenus Callohesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 26: 1-58 [Date published 31/12/1974] (redescription)

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 [499] (distribution)

Hingston, A.B. 1999. Affinities between southern Tasmanian plants in native bee visitor profiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 361-384 [381] (distribution)

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] (flower records)

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