Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) melanopterum (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus melanopterus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian halictine bees. The Entomologist 47: 242-244 [Date published 31/12/1914] [243].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.909 ♀, Yallingup, WA.
• Halictus spenceri 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] [368].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.935 ♂, Yallingup, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Yallingup, Cape Freycinet and Conto Cliffs.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Brachyscome Cass. [Asteraceae], Pimelea Gaertner [Thymelaeaceae], Scaevola L. [Goodeniaceae], Stylidium Willd. [Stylidiaceae].

 

General References

Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. (illustration)

 

History of changes

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