Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) amabilis (Smith, 1879)

Museums

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• Lamprocolletes amabilis 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.515 ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
• Paracolletes carinatulus 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] [481].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.425 ♂, Mackay, QLD (as Queensland, Ridg.11.91 in description).
• Paracolletes cupreus semipurpureus 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] [479].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.490 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
• Lamprocolletes cupreus minor Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [221].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♀, Sydney, NSW.
• Paracolletes melbournensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [205].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB ♀, Melbourne, VIC; BMNH ♀, Melbourne, VIC.
• Paracolletes mimulus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [206].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.442 ♀, VIC.
• Paracolletes ornatissimus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. A collection of bees from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 197-204 [Date published 31/12/1916] [200].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.483 ♀, Oxley, Brisbane, QLD.
• Paracolletes semipurpureus frenchi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.491 ♀, Rutherglen, VIC.
• Paracolletes festivus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂, Sydney, NSW.
• Paracolletes amabilis rufipes Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K50213 ♂, Berowra, near Hawkesbury 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

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting records: Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus spp.; Melaleuca spp.

General References

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] (taxonomy)

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. [25]

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

Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (distribution)

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