Species Lipotriches (Rhopalomelissa) modesta (Smith, 1862)

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Species Lipotriches (Rhopalomelissa) modesta (Smith, 1862)

Nomia halictella 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] [306].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 4♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.1747), Mackay, QLD
Comment: Pauly (2014) gives "lectotype" as well as 4 syntypes.
Nomia modesta Smith, F. 1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr A.R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6: 36-66 [59].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♀, "Gil." [Gilolo.
Nomia elongata Friese, H. 1914. Die Bienenfauna von Java. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 57: 1-61 [Date published 31/12/1914].
Nomia williamsi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Australian bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche (Cambridge) 37: 141-154 [Date published 31/12/1930] [147].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Halifax, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Pauly, A. 2009. Classification des Nomiinae de la Région Orientale, de Nouvelle-Guinée et des îles de l'Océan Pacifique (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Halictidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique / van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenshappen, Biologie 79: 151-229

Generic Combinations

Lipotriches (Lipotriches) modesta (Smith, 1862).
Lipotriches (Lipotriches) williamsi (Cockerell, 1930).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest gregariously in soil, turret above shaft, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Some bees of the genus Nomia from Australia. The Entomologist 45: 119-122 [Date published 31/12/1912] (description of male)

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]] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Australian bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche (Cambridge) 37: 141-154 [Date published 31/12/1930] (distribution)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 34-54 [Date published 31/12/1931] (taxonomy)

Krombein, K.V. 1951. Additional notes on the bees of the Solomon Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 14: 277-295 [Date published 31/12/1951] (distribution)

Michener, C.D. 1961. Comments on some groups of Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). Acta Hymenopterologica 1: 239-240 [Date published 31/12/1961] (generic placement)

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 record, illustration)

Rayment, T. 1956. The Nomia australica Sm. complex. Its taxonomy, morphology and biology with the description of a new mutillid wasp. The Australian Zoologist 12: 176-200 [Date published 31/12/1956] (biology)