Species Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) taluchis (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parasphecodes taluchis 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] [43] [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 taluche is reverted back to Lasioglossum taluchis.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.619 NHMUK014029917 ♀ (Right mid leg missing, right hind leg broken off and glued to pin.), TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
• Parasphecodes perustus 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] [52].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.639 NHMUK014029937 ♂ (Head glued to body.), Mt Wellington, TAS 1,300–2,300ft 15 Jan—6 Feb 1913, R.E. Turner 1913– 212.
• Parasphecodes submoratus 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 Hy4093 ♀ (Left hind leg with coxa and trochanter only remaining.), Russell Falls National Park, TAS 10 Nov 1925.

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] [109]

Generic Combinations

• Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) perustum (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) submoratum (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) taluche (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)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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. FABACEAE: Acacia, Aotus. LAMIACEAE: Prostanthera. MYRTACEAE: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum. PITTOSPORACEAE: Bursaria. PROTEACEAE: Banksia.

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. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (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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