Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) instabilis (Cockerell, 1914)
- Halictus instabilis 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] [510].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 58178 ♀, Croydon, VIC. - Halictus elliottii Rayment, T. 1929. Bees from East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 46: 124-129 [Date published 31/12/1929] [125] [incorrect original spelling as Halictus elliotii, species name dedicated to Senator R.D. Elliott; emendation Cardale, J.C., this work].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T-10395 ♀, Cann River, East Gippsland, 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] [152]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Bassian province (except TAS), a few records from northern QLD.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), 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), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), 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), 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), Tanami (TAN), 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], Bauera Andrews [Cunoniaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Conospermum Sm. [Proteaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Glischrocaryon Endl. [Haloragaceae], Goodenia Sm. [Goodeniaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Helichrysum Miller s.lat. [Asteraceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Lomatia R.Br. [Proteaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Persoonia Sm. [Proteaceae], Thelymitra Forster & G.Forster [Orchidaceae], Verticordia DC. [Myrtaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].
General References
Bernhardt, P. & Weston, P.H. 1996. The pollination ecology of Persoonia (Proteaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 6(4): 775-804 [789] (flower record)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (distribution)
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