Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) lacthius (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes lacthius 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] [40] [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 lacthium is reverted back to Lasioglossum lacthius.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.615 NHMUK014029913 ♀ (Missing labrum, left mandible and distal portion of right mandible, left fore leg, distal two segments of left mid legs, trochanters only remaining of hind legs, metasoma missing and large hole in centre of frons.), Australia (as New Holland) 44–105.
• Parasphecodes froggatti Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 292-301 [Date published 31/12/1905] [296].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.627 NHMUK014029925 ♂ (Missing distal nine flagellum segments of right antenna and distal ten flagellum segments of left antenna, right hind leg missing tibia and tarsi.), Bathurst, NSW 18 Jan 1893, Froggatt.
• Parasphecodes hirtiventris 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 T2676 ♀, Ebor, NSW 2 Jan 1914, A.J. Turner.
• Halictus niveorufus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype 26919 ♀, VIC Ararat.
• Parasphecodes submeracus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4091 ♀ (Missing right hind distal tarsal segment, left mid leg broken off at base of tibia and glued to label, left hind leg broken at base of femur and glued to label, metasoma missing.), Stanthorpe, QLD 3 Nov 1922.

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] [75]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) froggatti (Cockerell, 1905). —
  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) hirtiventre (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) lacthium (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) niveorufum (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) submeracum (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] [168] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), 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. ASTERACEAE: Brachysome, Helichrysum, Hypochoeris, Olearia. FABACEAE: Daviesia, Dillwynia. GENTIANACEAE: Gentian. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria. RANUNCULACEAE: Ranunculus. XANTHORRHOEACEAE: Xanthorrhoea.

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