Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) atronitens (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes atronitens Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Australian halictine bees. The Entomologist 47: 242-244 [Date published 31/12/1914] [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4138 ♀, Caloundra (as Calsundra), QLD.
• Parasphecodes paramelaenus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2677 ♀ (Left antenna missing distal nine segments, left mid leg broken at base of femur and glued to body.), [Lamington] National Park, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [34]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) atronitens (Cockerell, 1914). —
  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) paramelaenum (Cockerall, 1914). —
  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)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. COMMELINACEAE: Pollia. FABACEAE: Jacksonia. MYRTACEAE: Leptospermum, Tristania. PITTOSPORACEAE: Pittosporum.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1954. Remarkable bees from a rain forest. The Australian Zoologist 12: 46-56 [Date published 31/12/1954] (flower record)

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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