Species Coelioxys albolineata Cockerell, 1905

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• Coelioxys (Coelioxys) albolineata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 216-225 [Date published 31/12/1905] [222].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.b.30), Mackay, QLD.
• Coelioxys albolineata darwiniensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂, Darwin, NT.
• Coelioxys biroi Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 7: 179-288 [Date published 31/12/1909] [268-269].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rocha-Filho, L. C. da 2016. A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Australia. European Journal of Entomology 113: 9-28 [11]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Coelioxys (Coelioxys) albolineata Cockerell, 1929. —
  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] [213]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Cleptoparasitic, flower visiting record: Dysophylla stellata [LAMIACEAE]; Sida subspicata [MALVACEAE]; Spiranthes [ORCHIDACEAE]; & Eremophila sp. [SCROPHULARIACEAE]

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 496-506 [Date published 31/12/1910] (description of male)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. The bees of the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 160-178 [Date published 31/12/1911] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Australian bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche (Cambridge) 37: 141-154 [Date published 31/12/1930]

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1939. Studies of the Pacific bees in the collection of Bishop Museum (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 15: 133-140 [Date published 31/12/1939] (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] (as Coelioxys (Coelioxys) darwinensis, incorrect subsequent spelling)

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. (flower record, doubtful record, Holbrook NSW)

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host)

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