Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) victoriellum (Cockerell, 1914)

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Species Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) victoriellum (Cockerell, 1914)

Halictus emeraldensis Rayment, T. 1936. Biology of a new halictine bee and specific descriptions of its parasites. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 3: 289-294 [Date published 31/12/1936] [289].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀, Emerald, VIC.
Halictus victoriellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 504-522 [Date published 31/12/1914] [517].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a specimen at BMNH is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.920; 2nd specimen is in USNM), VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Walker, K. 1995. Revision of the Australian native bee subgenus Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 55: 1-423 [Date published 31/12/95] [237]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern zone of Bassian province; a few female specimens from Pemberton, WA, are tentatively identified as this species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in loose sand or soil, flower visiting records: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Arctotheca Wendl. [Asteraceae], Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Bossiaea Vent. [Fabaceae], Centaurium Hill [Gentianaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dianella Lam. [Liliaceae], Epacris Cav. [Epacridaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Goodenia Sm. [Goodeniaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Helichrysum Miller s.lat. [Asteraceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Phyllota (DC.) Benth. [Fabaceae], Pimelea Gaertner [Thymelaeaceae], Platylobium Sm. [Fabaceae], Prostanthera Labill. [Lamiaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae], Stackhousia Smith [Stackhousiaceae], Veronica L. [Scrophulariaceae], Westringia Sm. [Lamiaceae].