Species Palaeorhiza (Palaeorhiza) kurandensis (Cockerell, 1909)
- Prosopis turneriana kurandensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1909. Descriptions and records of bees. XXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 393-404 [Date published 31/12/1909] [394].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.205 ♂, Kuranda, QLD. - Prosopis purpurascens Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH Hym.17.a.53 ♀ (number of specimens unknown), Kuranda, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]] [16]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Kuranda, Cooktown and Mackay.
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: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hibiscus L. [Malvaceae].
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 turneriana kurandensis (Cockerell, 1909))
Hacker, H. 1921. Catalogue of Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 99-163 [Date published 31/12/1921] (as Palaeorhiza turneriana kurandensis (Cockerell, 1909))
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