Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) irroratus (Smith, 1853)

Leioproctus (Leioproctus) irroratus, dorsal view

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Leioproctus (Leioproctus) irroratus, lateral view

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Lamprocolletes irroratus 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] [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀, VIC.
• Dasycolletes humerosus 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] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.521 ♀, Melbourne, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), 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), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record (Maynard 2013): Lomatia R.Br., Macadamia [Proteaceae], Eucalyptus.

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)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 657-665 [Date published 31/12/1926] (taxonomy)

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. [26]

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. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1947. Bees from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 103-107 [Date published 31/12/1947] (distribution)

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