Species Euryglossa ephippiata Smith, 1862

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• Euryglossa ephippiata Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new species of Australian Hymenoptera, and of a species of Formica from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 53-62 [Date published 31/12/1862] [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.235 ♀, Australia ('Adelaide' in description is believed erroneous, not otherwise known from SA).

  Type locality references:

  Exley, E.M. 1976. Revision of the subgenus Euryglossa Smith (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 41: 1-72 [Date published 31/12/1976] [53].
• Euryglossa nigra Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2627 ♂ (described as ♀), Australia.
• Euryglossa (Euryglossimorpha) cincticornis 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] [511].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.259 ♂, Warburton, VIC.
• Euryglossa polysticta Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [270].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.283 ♀, Dandenong, VIC.
• Euryglossa aurescens obscura Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T4035 ♀, Gosford, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Exley, E.M. 1976. Revision of the subgenus Euryglossa Smith (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 41: 1-72 [Date published 31/12/1976] [53]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Cotoneaster Medikus [Rosaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [30] (nest)

Hingston, A.B. 1998. Temporal and spatial variation in abundances of native bee species on an altitudinal gradient in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 497-507 [506]

Hingston, A.B. 1999. Affinities between southern Tasmanian plants in native bee visitor profiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 361-384 [367]

Houston, T.F. 1969. Observations on the nests and behaviour of some euryglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 1-10 [Date published 31/12/1969] (biology, as Euryglossa nigra Smith, 1879)

Ireland, J.C. & Griffin, A.R. 1984. Observations on the pollination ecology of Eucalyptus muellerana Howitt in East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 101: 207-211 [Date published 31/12/1984] (flower record)

Meade-Waldo, G. 1923. Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. Subfam. Prosopidinae. Genera Insectorum 181: 1-45 [Date published 31/12/1923] (illustration)

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] (as Euryglossa (Euryglossa) obscura Cockerell, 1929, flower record)

Rayment, T. 1948. Notes on remarkable wasps and bees. With specific descriptions. The Australian Zoologist 11: 238-254 [Date published 31/12/1948] (biology, as Euryglossimorpha nigra (Smith, 1879))

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host, as Euryglossa nigra Smith, 1879)

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