Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) carbonarium (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus carbonarius Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.896 NHMUK014024642 ♀ (Missing distal nine antennal segments on both antennae and distal two right hind tarsal segments.), NSW. Sydney. F. Sm. Coll. 79.22.
• Parasphecodes fumidicaudus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 136-146 [Date published 31/12/1914] [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4140 ♀, Stradbroke Is., QLD.
• Parasphecodes noachinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 136-146 [Date published 31/12/1914] [144].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 58151 2♀ (Missing left hind distal three tarsal segments.), Ararat, VIC.

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] [49]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) carbonarium (Smith, 1853). —
  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) fumidicauda (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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) noachinum (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, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), 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. DILLENIACEAE: Hibbertia. EPACRIDACEAE: Epacris. FABACEAE: Daviesia, Jacksonia. MYRTACEAE: Calytrix, Leptospermum. ORCHIDACEAE: Prasophyllum. PLANTAGINACEAE: Veronica.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 136-146 [Date published 31/12/1914] (taxonomy)

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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