Species Ctenocolletes smaragdinus (Smith, 1868)

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• Stenotritus smaragdinus Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868] [254].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2745 ♀, Champion Bay (Geraldton), WA.
• Melitribus glauerti Rayment, T. 1930. Studies in Australian bees. Victorian Naturalist 47: 9-17 [Date published 31/12/1930] [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 19/224 ♀, Yorkrakine, WA.
• Stenotritus speciosus 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. [683].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Dowerin, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [296]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), 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), 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], Beaufortia R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Verticordia DC. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cane, J.H. 1979. The hind tibiotarsal and tibial spur articulations in bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 52: 123-137 [Date published 31/12/1979] (hind spur)

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. 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)

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 1994. Revision of the genus Crassifoenus Crosskey (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae), with a description of a new species from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(4): 575-591 [587] (gasteruptiid wasp found in burrow)

Michener, C.D. & Brooks, R.W. 1984. A comparative study of the glossae of bees (Apoidea). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 22: 1-73 [Date published 31/12/1984] (glossa)

Michener, C.D. & Fraser, A. 1978. A comparative anatomical study of mandibular structure in bees. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 51: 463-482 [Date published 31/12/1978] (mandible)

Michener, C.D. & Houston, T.F. 1991. Apoidea. pp. 993-1000 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137. (illustration)

Smith, F. 1873. Natural history notices. Insects, Hymenoptera Aculeata. 456-463 pls xliii-xlv in Brenchley, J.L. (ed.). Jottings During the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London : Longmans, Green & Co. [Date published 31/12/1873] (illustration)

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