Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) hemichalceum (Cockerell, 1923)

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Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) hemichalceum (Cockerell, 1923)

Halictus hemichalceus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Descriptions and records of bees. XCVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 12: 238-247 [Date published 31/12/1923] [239].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy2743 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Bassian province; mainly in southern half of Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nests communally and cooperatively, all females reproductively active, flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Calothamnus Lab. [Myrtaceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Dryandra R.Br. [Proteaceae], Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Isopogon J.Knight [Proteaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Lechenaultia R.Br. [Goodeniaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Myoporum G.Forster [Myoporaceae], Prasophyllum R.Br. [Orchidaceae], Ptilotus R.Br. [Amaranthaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae], Syzygium Gaertner [Myrtaceae], Trichodesma R.Br. [Boraginaceae], Tristaniopsis Brongn. & Gris [Myrtaceae].