Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) chlorosomus (Cockerell, 1913)

 

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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