Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) pulvitectum (Cockerell, 1915)

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• Halictus pulvitectus 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] [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.922 ♀, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Cakile Miller [Brassicaceae], Calytrix Lab. [Myrtaceae], Carpobrotus N.E. Br. [Aizoaceae], Convolvulus L. [Convolvulaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Diplotaxis DC. [Brassicaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Lavatera L. [Malvaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Mesembryanthemum L. [Aizoaceae], Nitraria L. [Zygophyllaceae], Papaver L. [Papaveraceae], Scaevola L. [Goodeniaceae], Schinus L. [Anacardiaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae], Westringia Sm. [Lamiaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1933. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 291-324 [Date published 31/12/1933] (taxonomy, record from Sandringham is not this species)

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. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] (flower record)

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.)

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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