Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) dissimulator (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes dissimulator 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] [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Carrum (as Carrom), VIC.
• Parasphecodes cervicalis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 96-104 [Date published 31/12/1915] [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.640 NHMUK014029938 ♀ (Missing distal nine segments of right antenna.), TAS Eaglehawk Neck, Feb 12—March 3, 1913, R.E. Turner, 1913.212.
• Parasphecodes zamelanus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [37].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM 2♂ (a specimen has type registration number Hy4095. The registered specimen is missing the left antenna.), TAS Dunalley, 26 Dec 1917, G.H. Hardy.

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] [52]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) cervicale (Cockerell, 1915). —
  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) dissimulator (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) zamelanum (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] [170] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. ASTERACEAE: Hypochoeris. BRASSICACEAE: Diplotaxis, Cakile. ERICACEAE: Leucopogon. GOODENIACEAE: Scaevola. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Melaleuca. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria. RUTACEAE: Correa. THYMELACEAE: Pimelea.

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]

History of changes