Species Leioproctus (Protomorpha) tarsalis (Rayment, 1959)

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• Protomorpha tarsalis Rayment, T. 1959. A new genus of bees in the family Colletidae. The Australian Zoologist 12: 324-329 [Date published 31/12/1959] [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Caldwell, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Males possibly form sleeping aggregations, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Maynard, G.V. 1991. Revision of Leioproctus (Protomorpha) Rayment (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with description of two new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 67-75 [Date published 31/12/1991] (redescription, description of female, biology)

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