Species Euryglossula chalcosoma (Cockerell, 1913)

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• Euryglossina chalcosoma Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 387-394 [Date published 31/12/1913] [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.302 ♀, Croydon, VIC.
• Euryglossina chalcosoma claristigma Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [649].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Sandringham, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Euryglossula Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 203-217 [Date published 31/12/1968] [206]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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 in aggregations, flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Houston, T.F. 1969. Observations on the nests and behaviour of some euryglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 1-10 [Date published 31/12/1969] (biology)

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 records)

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)

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