Species Callomelitta nigra (Rayment, 1929)
- Binghamiella antipodes nigra Rayment, T. 1929. Bees from East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 46: 124-129 [Date published 31/12/1929] [124].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV 5♀, Cann River, VIC.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in rotting wood, flower visiting record: Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [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] [39] (taxonomy)
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