Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) friesellus Michener, 1965

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• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) friesellus 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] [nom. nov. for Paracolletes friesei Cockerell, 1929].
• Paracolletes fervidus Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [220] [junior primary homonym of Paracolletes fervidus Smith, 1879].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♀, Fremantle (as Freemantle), WA.
• Paracolletes friesei 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]] [2] [junior secondary homonym of Bicolletes friesei Ducke, 1912].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T4027 ♀, King George Sound, WA.

  Type locality 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] [211].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]] [2]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record (Maynard 2013): Myrtaceae: Melaleuca

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929]

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

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] (description of male)

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