Species Ctenocolletes ordensis Michener, 1965

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• Ctenocolletes ordensis 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] [267].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 65/728 ♂, Wotjulum, WA (locality considered doubtful).

  Type locality references:

  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] [291].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), 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), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Scaevola L. [Goodeniaceae].

General References

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, distribution)

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] (distribution)

Rozen, J.G. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of Euherbstia with other short-tongued bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). American Museum Novitates 3060: 1-17 [11] (larva examined)

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