Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium (Smith, 1853)
- Halictus lanarius 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] [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.894 ♀, Hunter River, NSW. - Halictus lanuginosus Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [34].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (a male specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.901), Australia. - Halictus mitchelli Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. New Australian bees in the collection of the British Museum. II. The Entomologist 39: 56-60 [Date published 31/12/1906] [58].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.933 ♀, Hobart, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. A small collection of bees from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 596-599 [Date published 31/12/1913] [597]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Bassian province.
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), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest communally in soil, sometimes in aggregations, flower visiting records: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Allocasuarina L.Johnson [Casuarinaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Asphodelus L. [Liliaceae], Atalaya Blume [Sapindaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Cakile Miller [Brassicaceae], Calendula L. [Asteraceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Carpobrotus N.E. Br. [Aizoaceae], Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Chrysanthemum L. [Asteraceae], Convolvulus L. [Convolvulaceae], Coreopsis L. [Asteraceae], Dahlia Cav. [Asteraceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dichopogon Kunth [Liliaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Diplotaxis DC. [Brassicaceae], Diuris Sm. [Orchidaceae], Echinops L. [Asteraceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Goodenia Sm. [Goodeniaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Helichrysum Miller s.lat. [Asteraceae], Helipterum DC. s.lat. [Asteraceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae], Lavatera L. [Malvaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Medicago L. [Fabaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Microseris D. Don [Asteraceae], Myoporum G.Forster [Myoporaceae], Orthrosanthus Sweet [Iridaceae], Oxalis L. [Oxalidaceae], Pachylepis Brongn. [Cupressaceae], Papaver L. [Papaveraceae], Persicaria (L.) Miller [Polygonaceae], Persoonia Sm. [Proteaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Ranunculus L. [Ranunculaceae], Rapistrum Crantz [Brassicaceae], Rubus L. [Rosaceae], Scabiosa L. [Dipsacaceae], Scaevola L. [Goodeniaceae], Schinus L. [Anacardiaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae], Taraxacum G.Weber [Asteraceae], Thelymitra Forster & G.Forster [Orchidaceae], Thymus L. [Lamiaceae], Veronica L. [Scrophulariaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae], Westringia Sm. [Lamiaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] (taxonomy)
Coleman, E. 1932. Pollination of Diuris pedunculata R. Br. Victorian Naturalist 49: 179-186 [Date published 31/12/1932] (flower record, as Halictus languinosus, incorrect subsequent spelling)
Coleman, E. 1933. Further notes on the pollination of Diuris pedunculata R. Br. Victorian Naturalist 49: 243-245 [Date published 31/12/1933] (flower record, as Halictus languinosus, incorrect subsequent spelling)
Hingston, A.B. 1998. Temporal and spatial variation in abundances of native bee species on an altitudinal gradient in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 497-507 [507]
Hingston, A.B. 1999. Affinities between southern Tasmanian plants in native bee visitor profiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 361-384 [383] (flower record)
Knerer, G. & Schwarz, M. 1976. Halictine social evolution: the Australian enigma. Science (Washington, D.C.) 194: 445-448 [Date published 31/12/1976] (biology)
Knerer, G. & Schwarz, M. 1978. Beobachtungen an australischen Furchenbienen (Hymenopteren; Halictinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 200: 321-333 [Date published 31/12/1978] (biology)
Michener, C.D. 1960. Notes on the biology and supposed parthenogenesis of halictine bees from the Australian region. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 33: 85-96 [Date published 31/12/1960] (biology)
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] (flower record, as Lasioglossum languinosum incorrect subsequent spelling)
Morris, B., Southcott, R.V. & Gale, A.E. 1988. Effects of stings of Australian native bees. Medical Journal of Australia 149: 707-709 [Date published 31/12/1988] (possibly responsible for allergic response and death, of man)
Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)
Walker, K.L. 1986. Revision of the Australian species of the genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 105-200 [Date published 31/12/1986] (biology)
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