Species Exoneura (Exoneura) pictifrons Alfken, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Exoneura pictifrons Alfken, J.D. 1907. Apidae. pp. 259-261 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Bd 1 Lfg 6. [Date published 31/12/1907] [260].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) WAM 4796, 4797 ♂, Mundijong, WA.
• Exoneura angophorae occidentalis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. New Australian bees. The Entomologist 47: 197-201 [Date published 31/12/1914] [200].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 4♀ (a female is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym. 17.b.351), Yallingup, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] [155]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in dead, dry 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.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 356-366 [Date published 31/12/1910] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 34-54 [Date published 31/12/1931] (distribution, as Exoneura angophorae occidentalis Cockerell, 1914)

Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (taxonomy)

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] (biology)

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