Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) musicum (Cockerell, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halictus musicus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 530-542 [Date published 31/12/1913] [540].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy/2464 ♀ (There are eight specimens all with the same label data; however, only one specimen carries an additional label with “82” as was cited in the original description. This specimen is the Holotype and the other specimens have no type status as they were not cited in the original description.), Mt Tamborine, QLD 27 Oct 1912, 82, flowers of Parsoniia velutina.
• Halictus trimaculatus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 26948 ♀, Central Australia v. Muller, 1893.

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]] [12]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) musicum (Cockerell, 1913). —
  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) trimaculatum (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] [169] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. COMMELINACEAE: Pollia. MALVACEAE: Argyrodendron. ROSACEAE: Rubus. SOLANACEAE: Solanum.

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

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] (illustration, flower record)

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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