Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) speculiferum (Cockerell, 1912)
- Parasphecodes speculiferus 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] [228].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.641 ♀, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: broom, Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Boronia Sm. [Rutaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. A collection of bees from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 197-204 [Date published 31/12/1916] (redescription)
Meyer, R. 1920. Apidae—Halictinae. I. Gatt. Parasphecodes Sm. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85((A)11): 112-137 [Date published 31/12/1920] (taxonomy)
Michener, C.D. 1960. Notes on the biology and supposed parthenogenesis of halictine bees from the Australian region. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 33: 85-96 [Date published 31/12/1960] (biology)
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)
History of changes
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