Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) orbatum (Smith, 1853)
- Halictus orbatus 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] [58].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (not located; should be in BMNH), TAS (as Van Diemens Land). - Halictus viridarii Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [42].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy4038 ♂, [Lamington] National Park, QLD. - Halictus franki Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [241].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Fremantle (as Freemantle), WA.
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] [193]
- Walker, K.L. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Australian native bee subgenus Australictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini: genus Lasioglossum) – “Wood-Splitting Axe Bees”. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 135–162 [Date published 16 December 2022] [160]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern zone of the Bassian region.
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
Flower visiting record: fruit blossom, Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Bossiaea Vent. [Fabaceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Comesperma Labill. [Polygalaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Helipterum DC. s.lat. [Asteraceae], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Medicago L. [Fabaceae], Olearia Moench [Asteraceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae], Swainsona Salisb. [Fabaceae], Tetratheca Sm. [Tremandraceae], Trifolium L. [Fabaceae], Verbena L. [Verbenaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae], Watsonia Miller [Iridaceae].
General References
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] (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)
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)
Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (doubtful record, from Rottnest Is.)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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26-Jun-2023 | APIFORMES | 16-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Ken Walker (NMV) |
22-Oct-2015 | 20-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |