Species Patellapis (Pachyhalictus) stirlingi (Cockerell, 1910)

Museums

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• Halictus stirlingi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. New and little-known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 199-249 [Date published 31/12/1910] [232].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.969 ♀, Mackay, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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], Kunstleria King [Fabaceae], Melastoma L. [Melastomataceae], Parinari Aublet [Chrysobalanaceae], Thryptomene Endl. [Myrtaceae].

General References

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. 1933. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 291-324 [Date published 31/12/1933] (as Halictus (Pachyhalictus) stirlingi Cockerell, 1910)

Michener, C.D. 1978. The classification of halictine bees: tribes and Old World nonparasitic genera with strong venation. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 51: 501-538 [Date published 31/12/1978] (taxonomy)

Walker, K. 1996. A new species of Australian Pachyhalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Australian Entomologist 23(4): 125-131 [Date published December] [130] (taxonomy, distribution)

Walker, K.L. 1993. Pachyhalictus stirlingi (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) — a unique Australian bee. Australian Entomologist 20(2): 59-65 [Date published August] [59] (redescription, distribution, flower records)

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