Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) bryotrichum (Cockerell, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes bryotrichus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 220-229 [Date published 31/12/1912] [225].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (Type label misspelled Cheltenham as Cheltingham. Missing right fore distal two tarsal segments and right mid distal tarsal segment, right mandible extended.), Cheltenham, VIC.
• Parasphecodes (Aphalictus) bribiensiformis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4047 ♀, Bribie Is., QLD
  Comment: Both mid legs missing, hind legs with coxae and trochanters only remaining, left hind wing missing.
• Parasphecodes bribiensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. A collection of bees from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 197-204 [Date published 31/12/1916] [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4139 ♀, Bribie Is., QLD
  Comment: Head missing, right mid leg missing distal tarsal segment, right hind leg with coxa and trochanter only remaining.
• Parasphecodes bryotrichus sordidulus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 361-369 [Date published 31/12/1914] [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4141 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
• Halictus butleri 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. [694].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32-153535 ♀ (Mandibles removed and glued to pith, head glued to body, missing left fore distal two tarsal segments, left mid tarsi, right and hind distal tarsal segment, left hind leg with coxa only remaining, left antenna missing distal eight flagellum segments.), Victoria, Lakes Entrance, 12 Jan 1929, S. Butler.
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) frenchellum 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] [nom. nov. for Halictus frenchi Rayment, 1935].
• Halictus patongensis Rayment, T. 1948. Notes on remarkable wasps and bees. With specific descriptions. The Australian Zoologist 11: 238-254 [Date published 31/12/1948] [252].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32-153536 ♂ (Head and metasoma glued to mesosoma, missing left hind distal tarsal segment, genital capsule removed and glued to pith.), New South Wales, Patonga, 26 Jan 1947, N.W. Rodd.

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] [44-45]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) bribiense (Cockerell, 1916). —
  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) bribiensiforme (Cockerell, 1930). —
  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) bryotrichum (Cockerell, 1912). —
  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]
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) butleri (Rayment, 1935). —
  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) patongense (Rayment, 1948). —
  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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) sordidulum (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] [168] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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

Floral records. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Melaleuca. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria.

General References

Meyer, R. 1920. Apidae—Halictinae. I. Gatt. Parasphecodes Sm. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85((A)11): 112-137 [Date published 31/12/1920] (taxonomy)

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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