Species Euryglossina (Quasihesma) cardaleae (Exley, 1968)

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• Quasihesma cardaleae Exley, E.M. 1968. Quasihesma—a new genus of Australian bees (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 227-235 [Date published 31/12/1968] [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6677 ♂, Harvey Range, 29 miles NW Townsville, QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Exley, E.M. 1974. A contribution to our knowledge of Australia's smallest bees with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 1-9 [Date published 31/12/1974] (description of female)

Exley, E.M. 1980. New species and records of Quasihesma Exley (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Euryglossinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19: 161-170 [Date published 31/12/1980] (distribution)

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