Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) littleri (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

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• Halictus littleri Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Some Tasmanian bees. The Entomologist 47: 305-308 [Date published 31/12/1914] [307].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 27766 ♀, Launceston, TAS.
• Parasphecodes infrahirtus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 5: 113-119 [Date published 31/12/1920] [118].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 27753 ♂, Launceston, TAS.
• Halictus obscuripes Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [242] [junior primary homonym of Halictus obscuripes Friese, 1916].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH ♂ (number of specimens unknown), Adelaide, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [14]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), 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), 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 communally in soil, flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Cheiranthera Brongn. [Pittosporaceae], Cotoneaster Medikus [Rosaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Diplarrena Labill. [Iridaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Mesembryanthemum L. [Aizoaceae], Parahebe W.Oliver [Scrophulariaceae], Platylobium Sm. [Fabaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].

General References

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)

Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (description of male, flower record)

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (biology)

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