Species Lasioglossum (Homalictus) brisbanense (Cockerell, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus brisbanensis 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 USNM ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
• Halictus botanicus 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. [696].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (described as ♂), Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, VIC.
• Halictus portlandicus Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Portland, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Walker, K.L. 1986. Revision of the Australian species of the genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 105-200 [Date published 31/12/1986] [126]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Amyema Tieghem [Loranthaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Dendrobium Sw. [Orchidaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Lycium L. [Solanaceae], Oenothera L. [Onagraceae], Salpichroa Miers [Solanaceae], Syncarpia Ten. [Myrtaceae], Tristaniopsis Brongn. & Gris [Myrtaceae].

General References

Adams, P.B. 1991. Variation, multiple pollinators and breeding system in Dendrobium speciosum Smith: a biological review. Orchadian 10(5): 124-140 [Date published spring] [133] (pollinator)

Bernhardt, P. 1987. A comparison of the diversity, density, and foraging behavior of bees and wasps on Australian Acacia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 74: 42-50 [Date published 31/12/1987] (flower record)

Bernhardt, P., Kenrick, J. & Knox, R.B. 1984. Pollination biology and the breeding system of Acacia retinodes (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 71: 17-29 [Date published 31/12/1984] (flower records)

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [39]

Slater, A.T. & Calder, D.M. 1988. The pollination biology of Dendrobium speciosum Smith: a case of false advertising? Australian Journal of Botany 36: 145-158 [Date published 31/12/1988] (pollination record)

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