Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) hilactus (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes hilactus 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] [39] [Smith 1853 described ten species names that were partial anagrams of "Halictus". These names should be treated as nouns in apposition rather than adjectival and therefore should not have been changed in Michener’s (1965) revision. Therefore, Lasioglossum hilactum is reverted back to Lasioglossum hilactus.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.610. That specimen has an additional registration of NHMUK014029908 and the right hind leg missing distal three tarsal segments and glued to body, left mid and metatarsal three tarsal segments and distal nine segments of left antenna are missing.), Adelaide, SA; Swan River, WA.

  Type locality references:

  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] [60].
• Parasphecodes anhybodinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4094 ♂ (Missing left antenna, right hind tibia, tarsi, right mid leg missing distal three tarsal segments and remainder of legs missing distal tarsal segment.), Cheltenham, VIC 13 April 1918, F.E. Wilson.
• Parasphecodes arciferus 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] [142].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (Left fore leg glued to body, left hind leg missing distal tarsal segment, right hind tarsi missing.), Mordialloc, VIC 29 Jan 1906, F.P. Spry 256.
• Parasphecodes atrorufescens 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 ♀ (Distal three right fore tarsal segments missing, right mandible extended.), Purnong, SA near Murray River, 8 March 1912, S.W. Fulton 138.
• Halictus fulviventris Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [240].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 26914 ♀ (Missing right fore distal three tarsal segments and left hind leg.), Melbourne, VIC.
• Parasphecodes fulviventris proximus Rayment, T. 1947. Biology and taxonomy of the solitary bee, Parasphecodes fulviventris (Friese). The Australian Zoologist 11: 76-95 [Date published 31/12/1947] [79] [nomen dubium; Rayment did not nominate a sex for the type and did not nominate a depository for the type—no matching specimens was located.].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Sandringham, VIC.
• Parasphecodes hybodinus 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] [227].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (Right antenna missing distal twelve flagellum segments, mid leg with distal tarsal segment missing, right fore and hind legs missing distal two tarsal segments, hole in left anterior corner of mesoscutum, genitalia exposed.), Windsor, VIC French 1909.
• Parasphecodes leptospermi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. A collection of bees from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 197-204 [Date published 31/12/1916] [202].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4144 ♀ (Missing left antenna, left mid distal 2 tarsal segments, right mid distal tarsal segment, right hind leg broken off and glued to label.), Oxley, Brisbane, QLD 8 Sept 1914, H. Hacker, on Leptospermum.
• Halictus leucorhinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] [226].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Sandringham, VIC 26 Jan 1926, at flowers of garden Veronica Rayment 22.
• Parasphecodes lichatinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2745 ♀ (Right fore wing torn distally, left mid leg missing tarsi, both hind legs broken at base of femur and glued to body.), Ararat, VIC H.W. Davey.
• Parasphecodes talchius 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] [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, TAS (as Van Diemens Land)
  Comment: Wings torn distally.
• Parasphecodes testaciventris Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32-153540 ♀ (Description states “10 Dec 1950” but specimen label reads “10 Nov 1950”. Right antenna missing, left fore and right mid tarsal segments glued to basitarsi, right fore wing missing, right hind wing severely torn, left fore wing glued to metasoma, metasoma glued to body. It is apparent that the metasoma of this type has been mistakenly attached to the remainder of the specimen and is likely to have come from an individual of Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) bryotrichum. The true metasoma is missing.), Gorae West, VIC VIC Gorae West, 10 Nov 1950, Clifford Beauglehole.
• Parasphecodes tilachiformis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. On a collection of Australian and Asiatic bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23: 221-236 [Date published 31/12/1907] [234].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 322 ♀ (Antennae missing.), NSW.
• Parasphecodes tilachus 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] [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.617 NHMUK014029915 ♀ (Missing distal nine segments of right antenna, left mid and left hind distal two tarsal segments, metasoma removed and stored in plastic vial on pin, hole in frons, labrum and mouth parts missing.), TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
• Parasphecodes tuchilas 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] [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.616 NHMUK014029914 ♀ (Missing distal nine segments of left antenna, left mid leg, left hind distal three tarsal segments, right mid distal tarsal segment and right hind wing, metasoma glued to body, labrum torn with distal half missing.), Australia (description location as New Holland) “J.S. Bowerbach” F. Sm. coll.
• Parasphecodes tripunctatus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂, Ararat, VIC G.F. Hill.
• Halictus warburtoni Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. New Australian bees in the collection of the British Museum. II. The Entomologist 39: 56-60 [Date published 31/12/1906] [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.924 NHMUK014024670 ♂ (Left antenna missing distal ten segments, wings torn distally.), Hobart, TAS 91–155, J.J. Walker, 3215.

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] [60]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) anhybodinum (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) arciferum (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) atrorufescens (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) fulviventre (Friese, 1924). —
  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) hilactum (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] [168] (new combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) hybodinum (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] [168] (New combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) leptospermi (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] [168] (New combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) leucorhinum (Cockerell, 1926). —
  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) lichatinum (Cockerell, 1922). —
  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) proximum (Rayment, 1947). —
  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) talchium (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] [168] (New combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) testaciventre (Rayment, 1953). —
  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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) tilachiforme (Cockerell, 1907). —
  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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) tilachum (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] [169] (New combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) tripunctatum (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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) tuchilas (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] [169] (New combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) warburtoni (Cockerell, 1906). —
  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, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. ASTERACEAE: Achillea, Craspedia, Hypochaeris. BRASSICACEAE: Diplotaxis. ERICACEAE: Leucopogon. MYRTACEAE: Agonis, Angophora, Eucalyptus, Kunzea, Leptospermum, Melaleuca. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. The halictine bees of the Australian region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14: 208-213 [Date published 31/12/1904] (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