Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) opacicolle (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

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• Halictus furneauxi 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] [101].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.930 ♀, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS.
• Halictus opacicollis 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] [519].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ (also 1♀ BMNH, 2♀ USNM), 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] [191]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Bossiaea Vent. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Eriostemon Smith [Rutaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Lythrum L. [Lythraceae], Phyllota (DC.) Benth. [Fabaceae], Platylobium Sm. [Fabaceae], Prostanthera Labill. [Lamiaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Richardia Kunth [Araceae].

General References

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] (distribution)

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] (distribution)

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