Species Exoneura (Exoneura) richardsoni Rayment, 1951

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• Exoneura richardsoni 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Narre Warren, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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 (Rosa L. [Rosaceae], Rubus L. [Rosaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae]), fronds (Cyathea Smith [Cyatheaceae], Dicksonia L'Hérit. [Dicksoniaceae]), 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: Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae].

General References

Cane, J.H. & Michener, C.D. 1983. Chemistry and function of mandibular gland products of bees of the genus Exoneura (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 9: 1525-1531 [Date published 31/12/1983] (mandibular gland products)

Michener, C.D. 1983. The parasitic Australian allodapine genus Inquilina (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56: 555-559 [Date published 31/12/1983] (taxonomy)

Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (as Exoneura dawsoni Rayment, 1946)

Schwarz, M.P. 1986. Persistent multi-female nests in an Australian allodapine bee, Exoneura bicolor (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Insectes Sociaux 33: 258-277 [Date published 31/12/1986] (biology)

Schwarz, M.P. 1988. Notes on cofounded nests in three species of social bees in the genus Exoneura (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Victorian Naturalist 105: 212-215 [Date published 31/12/1988] (biology)

Schwarz, M.P., Bull, N.J. & Hogendoorn, K. 1998. Evolution of sociality in the allodapine bees: a review of sex allocation, ecology and evolution. Insectes Sociaux 45: 349-368 [351] (misidentification of species involved in social and biological studies; richardsoni of authors = angophorae)

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] [65] (biology)

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