Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) excultum (Cockerell, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes excultus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Australian bees. i. A new Crocisa, with a list of the Australian species of the genus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 594-595 [Date published 31/12/1913] [596].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (Right antenna missing distal eight segments, left fore and hind wings missing.), TAS Magnet, Lea, 6459.
• Parasphecodes wilmattae Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Jenolan, NSW.

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] [55]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) excultum (Cockerell, 1913). —
  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) wilmattae (Cockerell, 1929). —
  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] [169] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. GOODENIACEAE: Goodenia. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum. PROTEACEAE: Hakea.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 368-376 [Date published 31/12/1913] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 39-49 [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]

History of changes