Species Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus) maiellus Rayment, 1935

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• Hylaeus maiellus Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [655].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Borroloola, NT.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Edungalba, Glenmorgan, Gunbower and Borroloola.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, Vic: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].

 

General References

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Oct-2015		20-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED