Subspecies Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) polygoni austrocaledonicum Pauly, Walker, Muzinger & Donovan, 2013

Museums

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• Halictus polygoni austrocaledonicum Pauly, Walker, Muzinger & Donovan 2013. Endémisme insulaire et cleptoparasitisme chez les Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Halictidae) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France N.S. [133].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, New Caledonia, Mont Dzumac [22°00’S 166°28’E].
  Paratype(s) MNHP numerous specimens (also in INHS, NMV, ANIC, BMNH, QM and private collections), New Caledonian localities and also Queensland Wet Tropics.

Introduction

Preciously considered to be Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) polygoni sensu lata.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Diospyros L. [Ebenaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 1997. The composition of the bee (Apoidea: Hymenoptera) fauna visiting flowering trees in New South Wales lowland subtropical rainforest remnants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 118: 69-95 [95] (distribution)

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