Species Exoneura (Exoneura) asimillima Rayment, 1951
- Exoneura asimillima 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] [288] [nom. nov. for Exoneura simillima Rayment, 1949].
- Exoneura simillima Rayment, T. 1949. New bees and wasps—Part VIII. A new species of Exoneura, with notes on other reed-bees from the Grampians. Victorian Naturalist 65: 208-212 [Date published 31/12/1949] [208] [junior primary homonym of Exoneura simillima Rayment, 1935].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀, Cranbourne, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Nadgee Nature Reserve, Cranbourne, Grampians and Portland district.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in dead, dry pithy stems (sword grass, Gahnia Forster & G.Forster [Cyperaceae], Juncus L. [Juncaceae]), flowering stalks (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, flower visiting record: Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Epacris Cav. [Epacridaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].
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] [298] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
Sugden, E. 1988. Inside the (secret) societies of native bees. Australian Natural History 22: 381-384 [Date published 31/12/1988] (biology)
Sugden, E.A. 1989. A semi-natural, manipular observation nest for Exoneura spp. and other allodapine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65: 17-24 [Date published 31/12/1989] (biology)
Sugden, E.A. & Pyke, G.H. 1991. Effects of honey bees on colonies of Exoneura asimillima, an Australian native bee. Australian Journal of Ecology 16: 171-181 [Date published 31/12/1991] (biology)
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