Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) gilesi (Cockerell, 1905)

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Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) gilesi (Cockerell, 1905)

Halictus gilesi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. New Australian bees, in the collection of the British Museum. The Entomologist 38: 270-273, 302-304 [Date published 31/12/1905] [304].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.916 ♀, VIC.
Halictus circumdatus 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] [512].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.959 ♀, Rutherglen, VIC.
Halictus evasus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [45].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy5000 ♀, Coolangatta, QLD.
Halictus milleri 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. [709].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Bayswater, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Walker, K. 1995. Revision of the Australian native bee subgenus Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 55: 1-423 [Date published 31/12/95] [130]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern zone of the Bassian province.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in soil, flower visiting records: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Atalaya Blume [Sapindaceae], Bauera Andrews [Cunoniaceae], Borago L. [Boraginaceae], Brachyscome Cass. [Asteraceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Cotoneaster Medikus [Rosaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dichopogon Kunth [Liliaceae],Diplarrena Labill. [Iridaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Exocarpos Labill. [Santalaceae], Gladiolus L. [Iridaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Juniperus L. [Cupressaceae], Lagunaria (DC.) Reichb. [Malvaceae], Lavatera L. [Malvaceae], Medicago L. [Fabaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Schinus L. [Anacardiaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae], Thomasia Gay [Sterculiaceae].