Species Callomelitta perpicta Cockerell, 1910
- Callomelitta picta perpicta Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some Australian bees in the Berlin Museum. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 18: 98-114 [Date published 31/12/1910] [100].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB ♂, Ararat, VIC. - Callomelitta cyanescens Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [231].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH ♂, 'Central Australia'.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [9]
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Ararat, Portland, Emerald, south Gippsland and 'Central Australia'.
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: aster, Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Bernhardt, P. 1987. A comparison of the diversity, density, and foraging behavior of bees and wasps on Australian Acacia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 74: 42-50 [Date published 31/12/1987] (flower record)
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)
Rayment, T. 1949. New bees and wasps—Part XII. A new blue bee and an old white-ant. Victorian Naturalist 66: 147-151 [Date published 31/12/1949] (nest)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
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