Species Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) cristatus (Smith, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lamprocolletes cristatus 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] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀, Australia (as New Holland).

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) cristatus (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 [72]
• Paracolletes cristatus (Smith, 1853). —
  Cockerell, T.D.A. 1925. Descriptions and records of bees. CIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 15: 489-496 [Date published 31/12/1925] [495]
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) cristatus (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] [50]

Introduction

Maynard (2013) describes nests and nesting behaviour of this bee.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in ground; flower visiting records: Myrtaceae: Leptospermum, Melaleuca

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1925. Descriptions and records of bees. CIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 15: 489-496 [Date published 31/12/1925] (taxonomy)

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

History of changes