Species Pachyprosopis (Parapachyprosopis) angophorae Cockerell, 1912

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• Pachyprosopis angophorae Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 139-149 [Date published 31/12/1912] [141].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 2♂, Sydney, NSW.
• Pachyprosopis obesa Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377-387 [Date published 31/12/1912] [383].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Hym.17.a.318 2♀, Sydney, NSW.

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] [20]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in termite soil at base of or in hollow tree, flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Lomatia R.Br. [Proteaceae].

General References

Exley, E.M. 1976. New species and records of Pachyprosopis Perkins (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 399-407 [Date published 31/12/1976] (taxonomy)

McGinley, R.J. 1981. Systematics of the Colletidae based on mature larvae with phenetic analysis of apoid larvae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 91: 1-309 [Date published 31/12/1981] (larva)

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