Species Leioproctus (Andrenopsis) flavorufus (Cockerell, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Andrenopsis flavorufus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31: 309-364 [Date published 31/12/1905] [364].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.411 ♂, Australia.

 

Introduction

Maynard (2013) notes a report by Rayment (1952) of scattered burrows of this bee.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Only published locality Sydney.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in ground.

 

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [27] (nest)

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

Rayment, T. 1952. New bees and wasps, part 17 – rare parasitic wasps. Victorian Naturalist 69: 93-99

 

History of changes

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01-Oct-2013	COLLETIDAE	26-Sep-2013	MODIFIED
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