Species Euryglossina (Euryglossina) atomaria (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euryglossella atomaria Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian bees of the family Prosopididae. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 2: 97-101 [Date published 31/12/1914] [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.304 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
• Turnerella atomaria fusciventris Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] [319].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy/4043 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Euryglossina Cockerell (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 915-1020 [Date published 31/12/1968] [988]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Descriptions and records of bees. XCVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 10: 544-550 [Date published 31/12/1922] (description of male)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] (taxonomy)

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