Species Hylaeus (Hylaeorhiza) nubilosus (Smith, 1853)

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Species Hylaeus (Hylaeorhiza) nubilosus (Smith, 1853)

Prosopis nubilosa Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [31].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.201 ♀, Melbourne (as Port Philip), VIC.
Prosopis aureomaculata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1909. Descriptions and records of bees. XXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 393-404 [Date published 31/12/1909] [395].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.
Prosopis nubilosa subnubilosa Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 17-31 [Date published 31/12/1910] [25].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.202 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
Hylaeus spryi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 657-665 [Date published 31/12/1926] [663].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T3848 ♂, Belgrave, VIC.
Hylaeus simillimus tasmani Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] [313].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy/4032 ♀, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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] [73]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also recorded from Lae. Western Australia distribution from Prendergast (2017).

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Prendergast, A. 2017. Establishment of the Australian masked bee Hylaeus nubilosus (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Hylaeinae) in Western Australia. Australian Entomologist 44(4): 213-218

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in mudwasp nest, flower visiting record: christmas bush, red bottle brush, privet, Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Boronia Sm. [Rutaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Teucrium L. [Lamiaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].