Species Euhesma (Euhesma) inconspicua (Cockerell, 1913)

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Regional Maps

• Euryglossa inconspicua Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 505-514 [Date published 31/12/1913] [512].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Hym.17.a.240 ♀, Purnong, SA.

Generic Combinations

• Euhesma (Euhesma) inconspicua (Cockerell, 1913). —
  Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [216]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus oleosa F. Meull. ex Miq. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca lanceolata Otto [Myrtaceae].

General References

Rayment, T. 1930. New and remarkable bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 42-61 [Date published 31/12/1930] (description of male)

Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (illustration)

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. (biology)

Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (distribution)

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