Species Ctenocolletes tigris Houston, 1983

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• Ctenocolletes tigris Houston, T.F. 1983. A new species of Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 10: 307-313 [Date published 31/12/1983] [307].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 82/1877 ♂, 36 km NNE Neale Junction, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Dicrastylis J.L. Drumm. ex Harvey [Verbenaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Newcastelia F. Muell. [Verbenaceae], Ptilotus R.Br. [Amaranthaceae], Solanum L. [Solanaceae], Teucrium L. [Lamiaceae], Thryptomene Endl. [Myrtaceae], Wehlia F. Muell. [Myrtaceae].

General References

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)

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)

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