Species Leioproctus (Hadrocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lamprocolletes fulvus Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.502 ♀, QLD.
• Paracolletes megachalceus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 368-376 [Date published 31/12/1913] [374].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.470 ♀, Clarence River, NSW.

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 [80]

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Lamprocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879).
• Leioproctus (Hadrocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879). —
  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 [80]
• Leioproctus (Nodocolletes) fulvus (Smith, 1879). —
  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) megachalceus (Cockerell). —
  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 (Lamprocolletes) megachalceus (Cockerell, 1913).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in ground.

General References

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