Species Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) chromaticus (Cockerell, 1912)

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• Prosopis albonitens chromatica Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 139-149 [Date published 31/12/1912] [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.179 ♀, Mackay, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: mistletoe, Alphitonia Reisseck ex Endl. [Rhamnaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Boronia Sm. [Rutaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Dendrobium Sw. [Orchidaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Bartareau, T. 1995. Pollination and breeding systems in varieties of Dendrobium canaliculatum and their implications on the taxonomic status of the group. Orchadian 11(8): 381-387 [Date published June] [383] (pollinator)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377-387 [Date published 31/12/1912] (description of male)

Houston, T.F. 1981. A revision of the Australian hylaeine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). II. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 80: 1-128 [Date published 31/12/1981] (redescription)

Meade-Waldo, G. 1923. Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. Subfam. Prosopidinae. Genera Insectorum 181: 1-45 [Date published 31/12/1923] (as Hylaeus (Koptogaster) chromaticus (Cockerell, 1912))

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] (flower record)

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