Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) melbournense (Cockerell, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes melbournensis 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] [210].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.632 ♀, Melbourne, VIC.
• Parasphecodes annexus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [261].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2678 ♀ (Left fore leg missing distal three tarsal segment.), Adaminaby, NSW 19 Oct 1918, A.J. Turner.
• Parasphecodes latissimus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 96-104 [Date published 31/12/1915] [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (Head split from frons to clypeus along left side, detached and glued to card, antennae missing, left fore basitarsus and tarsal segments, left mid distal two tarsal segments and left hind leg missing, right fore wing torn proximally, anterior portion detached.), Bridport, TAS 26–30 Oct 1913. F.M. Littler coll. 2557.
• Parasphecodes longmani Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2746 ♂ (Left antenna missing distal ten segments, metasoma glued to body.), Caloundra, QLD 20 Jan 1916, H. Hacker.
• Parasphecodes microdontus 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] [226].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.634 NHMUK014029932 ♀, Melbourne, VIC Turner Coll. 1912–111.
• Parasphecodes recantans 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 BMNH Hym.17.a.635 NHMUK014029933 ♂, VIC 7 Feb 1901, Turner Coll. 1912–111.
• Parasphecodes recessus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 49-57 [Date published 31/12/1914] [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.638 NHMUK014029936 ♀, Mt Wellington, TAS 1,300–2,300 ft. R.E. Turner, 15 Jan—6 Feb 1913, 1913–21.
• Parasphecodes rufotegularis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Some Tasmanian bees. The Entomologist 47: 305-308 [Date published 31/12/1914] [306].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂ (Missing right antenna.), Launceston, TAS Launceston, 25 January 1914, Coll. F.M. Littler, 235c, 2256.

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] [88]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) annexum (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) latissimum (Cockerell, 1904). —
  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) longmani (Cockerell, 1904). —
  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) melbournense (Cockerell, 1904). —
  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) microdontum (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) recantans (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) recessum (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] [168] (new combination)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) rufotegulare (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] [168] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. FABACEAE: Acacia. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Melaleuca.

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. 1947. Bees from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 103-107 [Date published 31/12/1947] (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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