Species Palaeorhiza (Cnemidorhiza) parallela (Cockerell, 1905)
- Prosopis parallela Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 392-403 [Date published 31/12/1905] [400].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.192), Mackay, QLD. - Prosopis regina Friese, H. 1912. Zur Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea und Oceania. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 6: 93-96 [Date published 31/12/1912] [nom. nud., name and locality only].
- Prosopis regina Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH 2♀, Mackay, QLD. - Prosopis regina humeralis Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Mackay, QLD. - Prosopis regalis Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH ♂ (number of specimens unknown), Mackay, QLD. - Palaeorhiza parallela optima 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]] [17].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH ♀, Mackay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hirashima, Y. 1981. A synopsis of the bee genus Palaeorhiza Perkins (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of New Guinea. Part V. Subgenus Cnemidorhiza. Esakia 17: 1-48 [Date published 31/12/1981] [27]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also a doubtful record from Ralum, Bismarck Archipelago.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Rosa L. [Rosaceae], Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 17-31 [Date published 31/12/1910] (as Meroglossa parallela (Cockerell, 1905))
McGinley, R.J. 1980. Glossal morphology of the Colletidae and recognition of the Stenotritidae at the family level (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 53: 539-552 [Date published 31/12/1980] (glossa)
Meade-Waldo, G. 1923. Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. Subfam. Prosopidinae. Genera Insectorum 181: 1-45 [Date published 31/12/1923] (illustration)
Michener, C.D. 1992. Sexual dimorphism in the glossa of Colletidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65: 1-9 [Date published 31/12/1992] (glossa)
Michener, C.D. & Brooks, R.W. 1984. A comparative study of the glossae of bees (Apoidea). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 22: 1-73 [Date published 31/12/1984] (glossa)
Perkins, R.C.L. 1912. Notes, with descriptions of new species, on aculeate Hymenoptera of the Australian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 96-121 [Date published 31/12/1912] (as Palaeorhiza parallela (Cockerell, 1905))
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