Species Hylaeus (Meghylaeus) fijiensis (Cockerell, 1909)
- Prosopis fijiensis 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] [393].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.181 ♀, Australia (wrongly labelled as 'Fiji Islands'; this species is known only from Australia).Type locality references:
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] [95]. - Prosopis chalybaea Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [222].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH ♀, Australia (as 'N. Seeld. Riedtm.', this label has led to the species being recorded as from New Zealand, but this species is known only from Australia).Subsequent designation references:
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]; Cardale, J.C. in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds) 1993. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hymenoptera: Apoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 10 x, 406 pp. [130] (interprets Cockerell's incorrect inference of holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).Type locality references:
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]. - Palaeorhiza gigantea Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 510-519 [Date published 31/12/1926] [511].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T3846 ♀, Raymond Is., VIC.
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] [89]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Raymond Is., Rye and Tasmania.
IBRA
Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
General References
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
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