Species Euryglossina (Microdontura) mellea (Cockerell, 1929)
- Microdontura mellea Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] [322].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy/4046 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Currently uncertain if the presence of E. mellea in Western Australia is a result of introduction from eastern Australia, or if the species had always been present in WA and was overlooked – See Houston & Prendergast (2022).
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Syncarpia Ten. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Euryglossina Cockerell (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 915-1020 [Date published 31/12/1968] (redescription)
Exley, E.M. 1997. New records of minute bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Entomologist 24(2): 86 [Date published September] [86] (distribution, flower records)
Houston, T.F. & Prendergast, K.S. 2022. The tiny bee Euryglossina (Microdontura) mellea (Cockerell) (Hymentoptera: Colletidae, Euryglossinae) in Western Australia – introduced, or indigenous and long-overlooked? Australian Entomologist 49(4): 287–295
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] (flower record)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | COLLETIDAE | 02-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Oct-2015 | 20-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |