Species Leioproctus (Alokocolletes) excubitor Houston, 1991

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• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) excubitor Houston, T.F. 1991. Two new and unusual species of the bee genus Leioproctus Smith (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), with notes on their behaviour. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 83-96 [Date published 31/12/1991] [84].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 89/520 ♂, East Yuna Reserve, 34 km WNW Mullewa, WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae]; Senna [Caesalpinaceae]; Asphodelus fistulosa [Liliaceae]; Comesperma Labill. [Polygalaceae]; Dampiera R.Br. [Goodeniaceae]; Eucalyptus oldfieldii, Melaleuca nematophylla [Myrtaceae]; Ptilotus R.Br. [Amaranthaceae]; Rhodanthe charsleyae, Schoenia cassiniana [Asteraceae]; Conospermum scoparium, Grevillea didymobotrya [Proteaceae]; Solanum costiliferum [Solanaceae]; Eucalyptus oldfieldii, Melaleuca nematophylla [Myrtaceae].

General References

Maynard, G.V. 2013. Revision of Goniocolletes and seven Australian subgenera of Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), and description of new taxa. Zootaxa 3715(1): 1-114 [62] (new subgeneric assignment)

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