Species Pachyprosopis (Pachyprosopula) xanthodonta (Cockerell, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euryglossina xanthodonta Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 387-394 [Date published 31/12/1913] [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.301 ♂, Purnong, near Murray River, SA.
• Pachyprosopis saturnina Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 387-394 [Date published 31/12/1913] [393].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 2♀, Purnong, near Murray River, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Exley, E.M. 1972. Revision of the genus Pachyprosopis Perkins (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 10: 1-43 [Date published 31/12/1972] [37]

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), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

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] (generic placement, as Pachyprosopis (Pachyprosopula) saturina Cockerell, 1913, incorrect subsequent spelling)

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