Species Leioproctus (Minycolletes) abnormis (Cockerell, 1916)

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• Paracolletes abnormis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 18: 44-53 [Date published 31/12/1916] [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.462 ♂, Alexandria, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Minycolletes) abnormis (Cockerell, 1916). —
  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 [86]
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) abnormis (Cockerell, 1916). —
  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]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting records: Araliaceae: Astrotricha longifolia; Myrtaceae: Angophora floribunda

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 2-38 [Date published 31/12/1934] (taxonomy)

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

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