Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) chlorosomus (Cockerell, 1913)
- Prosopis chlorosoma Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Some Australian bees. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 65: 28-44 [Date published 31/12/1913] [40].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM 7♀, Croydon, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Stanthorpe, Croydon, Launceston and S WA.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), 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), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Calothamnus Lab. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 1: 158-167 [Date published 31/12/1918] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] (distribution)
Houston, T.F. 1983. An extraordinary new bee and adaptation of palpi for nectar-feeding in some Australian Colletidae and Pergidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 263-270 [Date published 31/12/1983] (flower record)
Meade-Waldo, G. 1923. Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. Subfam. Prosopidinae. Genera Insectorum 181: 1-45 [Date published 31/12/1923] (as Hylaeus (Koptogaster) chlorosoma (Cockerell, 1913))
History of changes
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