Species Euryglossa subsericea Cockerell, 1905

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Species Euryglossa subsericea Cockerell, 1905

Euryglossa subsericea Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 292-301 [Date published 31/12/1905] [293].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.245 ♀, QLD.
Euryglossa reginae Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 465-477 [Date published 31/12/1905] [475].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.287 ♂, Mackay, QLD.
Stilpnosoma turneri Baker, C.F. 1906. The bee genus Pasiphae in North America. pp. 141-142 in Baker, C.F. (ed.). Invertebrata Pacifica. Hampton : Classey Vol. 1 (Reprinted 1969). [Date published 31/12/1906] [141] [publication validated a manuscript name of Friese who published it as a new species in 1924].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Mackay, QLD.
Euryglossa aurescens 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] [509].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.266 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
Stilpnosoma thoracicum Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [233].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Mackay, QLD.
Stilpnosoma ventrale Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [233].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 3♀, Mackay, QLD.
Stilpnosoma turneri Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [234] [junior primary homonym and junior objective synonym of Stilpnosoma turneri Baker, 1906; junior primary homonym of Stilpnosoma turneri Friese, 1917].

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] [49]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), 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), 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], Dendrobium Sw. [Orchidaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] (taxonomy)

MacPherson, K. & Rupp, H.M.R. 1936. Further notes on orchid pollination. North Queensland Naturalist 4(43): 25-26 [Date published 31/12/1936] (flower record)

McGinley, R.J. 1981. Systematics of the Colletidae based on mature larvae with phenetic analysis of apoid larvae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 91: 1-309 [Date published 31/12/1981] (larva)

Michener, C.D. 1960. Notes on the behavior of Australian colletid bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 33: 22-31 [Date published 31/12/1960] (biology)

Michener, C.D. 1992. Sexual dimorphism in the glossa of Colletidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65: 1-9 [Date published 31/12/1992] (glossa)

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)