Species Lasioglossum (Australictus) tertium (Dalla Torre, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus rufipes 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] [56] [junior primary homonym of Halictus rufipes Fabricius, 1793].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2837 ♀, Melbourne, VIC.
• Halictus tertius Dalla Torre, K.W. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Apidae (Anthophila). Lipsiae : G. Engelmann Vol. x 643 pp. [Date published 31/12/1896] [86] [nom. nov. for Halictus rufipes Smith, 1853].
• Parasphecodes insculptus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Some bees collected in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 112-120 [Date published 31/12/1918] [118].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4142 ♀, Mt Tamborine, QLD.
• Parasphecodes rufitarsus Rayment, T. 1929. Bees from East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 46: 124-129 [Date published 31/12/1929] [127].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, Cann River, VIC.
• Lasioglossum (Australictus) fulvofasciae Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [310].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6910 ♂, 3 miles W Cunninghams Gap, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Walker, K.L. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Australian native bee subgenus Australictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini: genus Lasioglossum) – “Wood-Splitting Axe Bees”. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 135–162 [Date published 16 December 2022] [158]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities White Swamp, Melbourne, Croydon and Lake Hattah.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

 

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. The halictine bees of the Australian region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14: 208-213 [Date published 31/12/1904] (as synonym of Halictus bicingulatus Smith, 1853)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 504-522 [Date published 31/12/1914] (valid species)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	APIFORMES	16-Mar-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Ken Walker (NMV)
22-Oct-2015		20-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)