Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) sulthica (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes sulthica 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 sulthicum is reverted back to Lasioglossum sulthica.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.612 ♂, Australia (as New Holland).
• Parasphecodes fultoni Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 136-146 [Date published 31/12/1914] [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 58150 ♀, Croydon, VIC 11 Jan 1909, Pres. by S.W. Fulton, 189, Type No. 58150.
• Halictus gibbosus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [238].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH 26916 ♀, Sydney, NSW “from Sydney to Kosciusko”, 14 Sept 1906, Frank.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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]] [15].
• Parasphecodes notescens Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. New Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 37-50 [Date published 31/12/1930] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM Hy4092 ♂, Beaconsfield, VIC 1 Jan 1918, F.E. Wilson.
• Parasphecodes punctatissimus Meyer, R. 1920. Apidae—Halictinae. I. Gatt. Parasphecodes Sm. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85((A)11): 112-137 [Date published 31/12/1920] [131].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1947 ♀ (Missing both antennae, right fore leg broken off and glued to body, left hind distal tarsal segment missing.), TAS (as Van Diemens Land) 1556.
• Parasphecodes punctatissimus niveatus Meyer, R. 1920. Apidae—Halictinae. I. Gatt. Parasphecodes Sm. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85((A)11): 112-137 [Date published 31/12/1920] [131].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1946 ♀ (Head, right forewing, mid and hind legs glued to body. Right hind wing, hind tarsi and distal three tarsal segments of foreleg missing, left foreleg glued in with head.), TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
• Parasphecodes rhodopterus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Some Tasmanian bees. The Entomologist 47: 305-308 [Date published 31/12/1914] [306].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (Antennae and fore wings missing, hind wings torn distally, both hind distal tarsal segments missing.), Launceston, TAS 18 Jan 1914, F.M. Littler Coll. 243c, 2325.
• Halictus rubriventris Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 26935 ♀, Ararat, VIC.
• Halictus rufulus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [239].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH 26937 ♂ (Missing distal seven segments of left antenna, distal six segments of right antenna, distal tarsal segment of left foreleg and right leg missing.), VIC.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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]] [16].
• Parasphecodes subfultoni 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 Hy4090 ♀, VIC 1923, E. Wilson.
• Parasphecodes tepperi 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] [299].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Type Hym 17.a.629 NHMUK014029927 2♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.629), Adelaide, SA F. Sm. Coll. 53.56.

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] [103]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) fultoni (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) gibbosum (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) notescens (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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) rhodopterum (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) rufulum (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) subfultoni (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)
• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) sulthicum (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) tepperi (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] [169] (new combination)

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Floral records. AIZOACEAE: Carpobrotus. ANACARDIACEAE: Schinus. ASTERACEAE: Chrysanthemum, Felicia, Helichrysum, Hypochoeris. CRASSULACEAE: Sedum. DILLENIACEAE: Hibbertia. ERICACEAE: Leucopogon. FABACEAE: Acacia, Phyllota, Pultenaea. LAMIACEAE: Westringia. MALVACEAE: Brachychiton. MYRTACEAE: Calytrix, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca. OLEACEAE: Olea. ORCHIDACEAE: Brenesia. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria. PROTEACEAE: Banksia, Grevillea, Hakea. ROSACEAE: Cotoneaster.

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)

Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. (illustration)

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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