Species Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) advena (Smith, 1862)

Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) advena, dorsal view

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Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) advena, lateral view

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• Andrena advena Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new species of Australian Hymenoptera, and of a species of Formica from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 53-62 [Date published 31/12/1862] [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.500 ♀, Australia.
• Paracolletes euphenax 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] [279].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T4083 ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
• Paracolletes scitulus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 81-98 [Date published 31/12/1921] [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T2397 ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
• Paracolletes advena phillipensis Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC 3♀, Sandringham, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] [161]
• 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 [94] (for Paracolletes scitulus and Paracolletes advena phillipensis)

Generic Combinations

• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) advena (Smith, 1862). —
  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] [47, 48, 50]
• Leioproctus (Zosterocolletes) advena (Smith, 1862). —
  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 [94]
• Paracolletes advena (Smith, 1862). —
  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] [279]
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) euphenax (Cockerell, 1913). —
  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] [47, 48, 50]
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) phillipensis (Rayment, 1953). —
  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] [51]
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) scitulus (Cockerell, 1921). —
  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] [52]

Introduction

Maynard (2013) notes reports (Rayment 1931, 1935) of aggregations of nests in sandy soil.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in ground, flower visiting record: Boronia Sm. [Rutaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae].

General References

Alfken, J.D. 1907. Apidae. pp. 259-261 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Bd 1 Lfg 6. [Date published 31/12/1907] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1909. Descriptions and records of bees. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 309-317 [Date published 31/12/1909] (redescription)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] (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

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] (flower records)

Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] (biology)

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. (taxonomy)

Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (flower record)

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