Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) repraesentans (Smith, 1853)

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Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) repraesentans (Smith, 1853)

Halictus repraesentans 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] [60].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (a female specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.895), Australia (as New Holland).
Halictus seductus aptus Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [706].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Hurstbridge (as Hurst's Bridge), VIC.
Halictus seductus gippsii Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [707].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Leongatha, Gippsland, 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] [208]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern zone of the Bassian province.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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: Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Persoonia Sm. [Proteaceae], Senecio L. [Asteraceae], Spyridium Fenzl [Rhamnaceae], Watsonia Miller [Iridaceae].