Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) leichardti (Cockerell, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus leichardti 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] [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.965 NHMUK014024713 ♀ (Missing right antenna, distal two tarsal segments of right mid leg, right hind leg and fore wing missing, left fore leg missing.), Mackay, QLD.
• Parasphecodes basilautus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.626 NHMUK014029924 ♀ (Missing right antenna and right mid and hind tarsi.), Kuranda (as Cairns Kuranda), QLD “4.02” April 1902, F.P. Dodd Turner Coll. 1910.7.
• Halictus doddi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 361-369 [Date published 31/12/1914] [368].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.949 NHMUK014024697 ♀ (Left fore leg missing distal two tarsal segments, metasoma disconnected and glued to label.), Kuranda, QLD F.P. Dodd. Brit. Mus. 1933–567.
• Halictus paracolletinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Type Hym 17.a.966 NHMUK014024714 3♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.966), Mackay, QLD March 1900, R.E. Turner 461 1910-255.
• Halictus pilicollis Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [238].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 26929 ♀ (Right mid leg missing tibia and tarsi, metasoma glued to label.), Cairns, QLD 1903.
• Halictus scutellatus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [242] [in part].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH 26941 ♀ (Female left hind leg with coxa and trochanter only remaining.), Mackay, QLD March 1900, Turner
  Comment: ♀ syntype is conspecific with Halictus leichardti Cockerell, 1906; ♂ syntype is conspecific with Halictus forresti Cockerell, 1906.
• Parasphecodes vau Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.621 NHMUK014029919 ♀ (Missing right antenna, right hind leg missing tarsi.), NW Australia Turner Coll. 1910–7.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 484-494 [Date published 31/12/1912] [486]
• 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]] [12]
• 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] [80]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) basilautum (Cockerell, 1910). —
  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) doddi (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) leichardti (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] [168] (new combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) vau (Cockerell, 1910). —
  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, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. COMMELINACEAE: Pollia. FABACEAE: Aotus. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Tristania, Tristaniopsis. RHAMNACEAE: Alphitonia. RUBIACEAE: Canthium. SAPINDACEAE: Atalaya. SOLANACEAE: Solanum.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377-387 [Date published 31/12/1912] (description of male, as Halictus paracolletinus Cockerell, 1910)

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] (flower record)

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

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]

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