Species Exoneura (Exoneura) nigrihirta Rayment, 1953
- Exoneura nigrihirta Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [38].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Bats Ridges (Portland district), VIC.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Portland district.
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.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in dead, dry stems, 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: Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae].
General References
Schwarz, M.P., Lowe. R.M. & Lefevere, K.S. 1996. Kin association in the allodapine bee Exoneura richardsoni Rayment (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35(1): 65-71 [Date published February] [69] (biology)
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