Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) pachycephalum (Cockerell, 1916)

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• Halictus dolichocerus 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] [370].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 58176 ♂, Yarrawin, NSW.
• Halictus lanariellus 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] [373].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.958 ♀, Yarrawin, NSW.
• Halictus pachycephalus 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] [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.986 ♂, Yarrawin, NSW.

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] [194]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), 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), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting records: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Amyema Tieghem [Loranthaceae], Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Atalaya Blume [Sapindaceae], Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Schinus L. [Anacardiaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] (as lanariellus)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] (as lanariellus)

Rayment, T. 1930. The pioneers. Victorian Naturalist 46: 221-223 [Date published 31/12/1930] (flower record, as lanariellus)

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

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