Species Euhesma (Euhesma) latissima (Cockerell, 1914)

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Regional Maps

• Euryglossa latissima Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian bees of the genus Euryglossa. The Entomologist 47: 213-215 [Date published 31/12/1914] [215].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Hym.17.a.2638 ♀, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS.
• Euryglossa halictoides 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] [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Frankston, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Exley, E.M. 2001. The walkeriana species-group of Euhesma Michener (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 40: 102-112 [107]

Generic Combinations

• Euhesma (Euhesma) latissima (Cockerell, 1914). —
  Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [216]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Melaleuca lanceolata Otto [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 529-537 [Date published 31/12/1915] (description of male)

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