Species Leioproctus (Charicolletes) elegans Smith, 1853

Leioproctus (Charicolletes) elegans, dorsal view

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Leioproctus (Charicolletes) elegans, lateral view

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• Leioproctus elegans 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] [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.495 ♀, Adelaide, SA.
• Paracolletes caeruleotinctus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 477-486 [Date published 31/12/1905] [480].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.434), Mackay, QLD.
• Paracolletes turneri Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [203] [removed from synonymy of Leioproctus (Lamprocolletes) caeruleotinctus (Cockerell)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.440 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
• Paracolletes picta Rayment, T. 1930. New and remarkable bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 42-61 [Date published 31/12/1930] [47] [removed from synonymy of Leioproctus (Lamprocolletes) caeruleotinctus (Cockerell)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Charleville, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [64]

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) elegans (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] [63]
• Leioproctus (Charicolletes) elegans (Smith, 1853). —
  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 [64]
• Leioproctus (Lamprocolletes) elegans (Smith, 1853).
• Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) pictus (Rayment, 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] [63]
• Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) turneri (Cockerell, 1910). —
  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] [63]

Introduction

Maynard (2013) notes a report on nest sites of this bee.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae].

General References

Maynard, G.V. 1992. Systematic Studies on Australian Leioproctus Smith (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Unpubl. PhD Thesis. Brisbane : Univ. of Queensland. 429 pp. (distribution)

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 [63] (new subgeneric assignment)

History of changes