Species Exoneura (Exoneura) perpensa Cockerell, 1922
- Exoneura perpensa Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [277].
Type data:
Holotype QM T2515 ♂, Armidale, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Armidale, White Swamp and Portland.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
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: Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Lomatia R.Br. [Proteaceae].
General References
Rayment, T. 1946. New bees and wasps—Part I. Notes on the biology of Exoneurae, with a specific description. Victorian Naturalist 62: 178-184 [Date published 31/12/1946] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (distribution)
Rayment, T. in Erickson, R. & Rayment, T. 1951. Simple social bees of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 3: 45-59 [Date published 31/12/1951] (taxonomy)
History of changes
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