Species Exoneura (Brevineura) parvula Rayment, 1935

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• Exoneura parvula Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [727].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV 1408 ♀, Marysville, VIC.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Sydney, Woy Woy and Marysville.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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.

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], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae].

 

General References

Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (distribution)

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] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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22-Oct-2015		20-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
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