Species Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) abdominalis (Smith, 1879)

Goniocolletes abdominalis dorsal view

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Goniocolletes abdominalis, lateral view

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Museums

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• Paracolletes abdominalis Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.416 ♀, Geraldton (as Champion Bay), WA.
• Goniocolletes morsus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. On a collection of Australian and Asiatic bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23: 221-236 [Date published 31/12/1907] [231].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂, NSW.
• Goniocolletes pallidus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 341-350 [Date published 31/12/1915] [345].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.398 ♂, Hermannsburg, NT.
• Dasycolletes curvipes Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [217].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 3♂ (G. Maynard, pers. comm.), Adelaide, SA.
• Dasycolletes rufiventris Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [219] [junior secondary homonym of Pasiphae rufiventris Spinola, 1851].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Adelaide, SA.
• Goniocolletes simillimus 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. [686] [junior secondary homonym of Euryglossa simillima Smith, 1879].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Wentworth, NSW.
• Goniocolletes proximus 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. [687].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Swan River, WA.
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) ruficaudus Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66] [nom. nov. for Leioproctus rufiventris Friese, 1924].
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) similior Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66] [nom. nov. for Goniocolletes simillimus Rayment, 1935].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Maynard, G.V. 2013. Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa. Zootaxa 3715(1): 1-114 (for Goniocolletes morsus, Goniocolletes pallidus, Dasycolletes curvipes, Dasycolletes rufiventris, Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) similior, Goniocolletes simillimus, Goniocolletes proximus and Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) ruficaudus)

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) abdominalis (Cockerell, 1879). —
  Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66]
• Goniocolletes abdominalis Smith, 1879. —
  Maynard, G.V. 2013. Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa. Zootaxa 3715(1): 1-114 [98]
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) curvipes (Friese, 1924). —
  Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66]
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) morsus (Cockerell, 1907). —
  Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [64, 66]
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) pallidus (Cockerell, 1915). —
  Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66]
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) proximus (Rayment, 1935). —
  Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [66]
• Paracolletes rufiventris (Friese, 1924). —
  Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 2-38 [Date published 31/12/1934] [35]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting records: Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus largiflorens, Eucalyptus spp.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

History of changes