Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) imitans (Cockerell, 1914)
- Halictus imitans 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] [516].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.921), VIC. - Halictus confusellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Some bees from Australia, Tasmania and the New Hebrides. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 68: 360-375 [Date published 31/12/1916] [374].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.987 ♀, Launceston, TAS. - Halictus isthmalis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 361-369 [Date published 31/12/1914] [367].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.929 ♂, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS. - Halictus repertus 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] [521].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.952 ♂, near Melbourne, 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] [147]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern zone of Bassian province, one record from south-western WA.
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), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Boronia Sm. [Rutaceae], Bossiaea Vent. [Fabaceae], Brachyscome Cass. [Asteraceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Conospermum Sm. [Proteaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Petrophile J.Knight [Proteaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae],Thelymitra Forster & G.Forster [Orchidaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 96-104 [Date published 31/12/1915] (taxonomy, as isthmalis)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. A collection of bees from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 197-204 [Date published 31/12/1916] (taxonomy, as isthmalis)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the "Beagle". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 40: 519-522 [Date published 31/12/1932] (as repertus)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1933. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 291-324 [Date published 31/12/1933] (distribution)
Rayment, T. 1936. Biology of a new halictine bee and specific descriptions of its parasites. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 3: 289-294 [Date published 31/12/1936] (illustration)
Rayment, T. 1947. Bees from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 103-107 [Date published 31/12/1947] (distribution)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
History of changes
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