Species Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) forresti (Cockerell, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus forresti Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. New Australian bees in the collection of the British Museum. II. The Entomologist 39: 56-60 [Date published 31/12/1906] [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.913 ♂, QLD.
• Halictus scutellatus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [242] [in part].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH 26941 ♂ (♂ syntype is conspecific with Halictus forresti Cockerell, 1906; ♀ syntype is conspecific with Halictus leichardti Cockerell, 1906. Female with left hind leg with coxa and trochanter only remaining, male with left mid leg missing distal four tarsal segments), Mackay, QLD March 1900, on Eucalyptus.
• Nomia flavopunctata Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [246].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH ♀, Mackay, QLD April on Xanthorrhoea, Turner leg.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [14]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) flavopunctatum (Friese, 1924). —
  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) forresti (Cockerell, 1906). —
  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] [120] (new combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) forresti (Cockerell, 1906). —
  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 (Parasphecodes) scutellatum (Friese, 1924). —
  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] [168] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. FABACEAE: Cassia, Jacksonia. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Tristania. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria. RHAMNACEAE: Alphitonia. XANTHORRHOEACEAE: Xanthorrhoea.