Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) thornleighensis (Cockerell, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paracolletes thornleighensis 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] [27].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH (One of two syntypes, the specimen bearing the museum identifier B.M. TYPE and registration number "Hym.17.a.432" (NHML Barcode 014029752)), Thornleigh, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH (remaining syntype in NHML), same data as holotype;
  Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.432), Thornleigh, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Batley, M., Smith, S.S., Rozen, J.G. & Monks, J. 2021. Confirmation of the synonymy of Leioproctus nigriventris (Friese, 1924) and Leioproctus thornleighensis (Cockerell, 1906) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Australian Entomologist 48(4): 281–288 [284].
• Lamprocolletes nigriventris Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [221].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH ♂ (number of specimens unknown), Thornleigh, NSW.

 

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]] [1]
• Batley, M., Smith, S.S., Rozen, J.G. & Monks, J. 2021. Confirmation of the synonymy of Leioproctus nigriventris (Friese, 1924) and Leioproctus thornleighensis (Cockerell, 1906) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Australian Entomologist 48(4): 281–288

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Kuranda, Caloundra, Brisbane and Thornleigh.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

 

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. L. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 273-283 [Date published 31/12/1913] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 39-49 [Date published 31/12/1914] (description of female)

Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	COLLETIDAE	17-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
22-Oct-2015		20-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED