Species Ctenocolletes nigricans Houston, 1985
- Ctenocolletes nigricans 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] [302].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 84/1062 ♂, 13 km S Wannoo, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities near Wannoo and near Mullewa.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Thryptomene Endl. [Myrtaceae].
General References
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. 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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