Species Exoneura (Brevineura) rufitarsis Rayment, 1948
- Exoneura rufitarsis Rayment, T. 1948. Notes on remarkable wasps and bees. With specific descriptions. The Australian Zoologist 11: 238-254 [Date published 31/12/1948] [253].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Cranbourne, VIC (a specimen in the ANIC labelled 'type' bears a locality which was not given in the original description).
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Cranbourne, Clyde, Gippsland, Cobboboonee State Forest and Dandenong.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in dead, dry stems (wild parsnip, Viminaria Smith [Fabaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae]), two or more adult females may be present in one nest, not all females lay eggs, all immature stages found in the communal chamber, larvae fed progressively.
General References
Rayment, T. 1951. Biology of the reed-bees. With descriptions of three new species and two allotypes of Exoneura. The Australian Zoologist 11: 285-313 [Date published 31/12/1951] (description of male, biology)
Silberbauer, L.X. 1992. Founding patterns of Exoneura bicolor Smith in Cobboboonee State Forest, southwestern Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 28(1-4): 67-73 [Date published December] [70] (biology)
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