Species Ctenocolletes albomarginatus Michener, 1965

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• Ctenocolletes albomarginatus 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] [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 6 miles N Watheroo, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Scholtzia Schauer [Myrtaceae], Thryptomene Endl. [Myrtaceae], Wehlia F. Muell. [Myrtaceae], Westringia Sm. [Lamiaceae].

General References

Fain, A. 1984. A new genus of mite (Acari: Acaridae) phoretic on bees (Ctenocolletes) in Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 77-86 [Date published 31/12/1984] (as host)

Fain, A. & Houston, T.F. 1986. Life cycle stages of mites of the genus Ctenocolletacarus Fain (Acari: Acaridae) associated with Ctenocolletes bees in Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 67-77 [Date published 31/12/1986] (as host)

Houston, T.F. 1983. A revision of the bee genus Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 10: 269-306 [Date published 31/12/1983] (redescription)

Houston, T.F. 1984. Biological observations in the genus Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 153-172 [Date published 31/12/1984] (biology)

Houston, T.F. 1985. Supplement to a revision of the bee genus Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 293-305 [Date published 31/12/1985] (taxonomy, distribution)

Houston, T.F. 1987. A second contribution to the biology of Ctenocolletes bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 189-201 [Date published 31/12/1987] (biology)

Houston, T.F. 1988. The symbiosis of acarid mites, genus Ctenocolletacarus (Acarina: Acariformes), and stenotritid bees, genus Ctenocolletes (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 35(1987): 459-468 [Date published 31/12/1988] (biology)

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