Species Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) clarigaster (Cockerell, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus clarigaster Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Some bees collected in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 112-120 [Date published 31/12/1918] [117].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.988 NHMUK014024736 ♀ (Missing flagellum of left antenna, distal three tarsal segments of left mid leg and distal most tarsal segment of right fore leg, head and metasoma glued to body.), Caloundra, QLD 20 Jan 1916, H. Hacker, 197.

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) clarigaster (Cockerell, 1918). —
  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] [167] (new combination)
• Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) clarigaster (Cockerell, 1918). —
  Walker, K.L. & Sparks, K.S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the native bee subgenus Parasphecodes Smith 1853 in Australia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini: Lasioglossum Curtis 1833. Zootaxa 5408(1): 001–184 [Date published 9 February 2024] [119] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Descriptions and records of bees. XCVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 12: 238-247 [Date published 31/12/1923] (taxonomy)

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, illustration)

Walker, K.L. & Sparks, K.S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the native bee subgenus Parasphecodes Smith 1853 in Australia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini: Lasioglossum Curtis 1833. Zootaxa 5408(1): 001–184 [Date published 9 February 2024]

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