Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) fultoni (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

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• Parasphecodes fultoni 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] [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♀, Croydon, VIC 11 Jan 1909, Pres. by S.W. Fulton, 189, Type No. 58150.
• Parasphecodes punctatissimus Meyer, R. 1920. Apidae—Halictinae. I. Gatt. Parasphecodes Sm. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85((A)11): 112-137 [Date published 31/12/1920] [131].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1947 ♀, TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
• Halictus rubriventris Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♀, Ararat, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [15]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground, flower visiting record: aster, Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Choisya Kunth [Rutaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Genista L. [Fabaceae], Hardenbergia Benth. [Fabaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Hypochaeris L. [Asteraceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Myoporum G.Forster [Myoporaceae].

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)

Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (biology)

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

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