Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) obscurus (Smith, 1853)
- Lamprocolletes obscurus 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:
Lectotype BMNH Hym.17.a.499 ♀, TAS (as Van Diemens Land).Subsequent designation references:
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 510-519 [Date published 31/12/1926] [516]; Cardale, J.C. in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds) 1993. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hymenoptera: Apoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 10 x, 406 pp. [31] (interprets Cockerell's incorrect inference of holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)). - Paracolletes hobartensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. Descriptions and records of bees. VII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 23-29 [Date published 31/12/1906] [23].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.446 ♀, Hobart, TAS. - Paracolletes semilautus 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] [485].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.420 ♂, Australia. - Paracolletes stewarti Rayment, T. 1947. New bees and wasps—Part VI. An undescribed Paracolletes from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 102-103 [Date published 31/12/1947] [102].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Buffalo, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Mt Kosciusko, Mt Buffalo, Mt Wellington, Russell Falls and WA.
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting records: Myrtaceae: Leptospermum rupestre, Leptospermum.
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 301-308 [Date published 31/12/1905] (taxonomy)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 81-98 [Date published 31/12/1921] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] (taxonomy)
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. 1947. Bees from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 103-107 [Date published 31/12/1947] (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Nov-2013 | COLLETINAE | 31-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | Michael Batley (AM) |
| 22-Oct-2015 | 20-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |