Species Euryglossina (Euryglossina) perpusilla (Cockerell, 1910)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euryglossa perpusilla Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some very small Australian bees. The Entomologist 43: 262-264 [Date published 31/12/1910] [263].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.297 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
• Euryglossina perpusilla nana Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Some bees from Australia, Tasmania and the New Hebrides. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 68: 360-375 [Date published 31/12/1916] [363].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.298), Kalamunda, WA.

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] [947]

Generic Combinations

• Euryglossina (Euryglossina) perpusilla (Cockerell, 1910).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian bees of the family Prosopididae. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 2: 97-101 [Date published 31/12/1914] (misidentification, see Exley, 1968)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Some bees from Australia, Tasmania and the New Hebrides. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 68: 360-375 [Date published 31/12/1916] (generic placement)

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