Species Stenotritus greavesi (Rayment, 1930)
- Melitribus greavesi Rayment, T. 1930. Microglossa and Melitribus, new genera of Australian bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 42: 211-220 [Date published 31/12/1930] [218].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Bungulla (as Bungalla on label), WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in soil, flower visiting record: Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Callistemon R.Br. [Myrtaceae], Cheiranthera Brongn. [Pittosporaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Verticordia DC. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 2-38 [Date published 31/12/1934] (generic placement)
Houston, T.F. 1983. A revision of the bee genus Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 10: 269-306 [Date published 31/12/1983] (taxonomy)
Houston, T.F. & Thorp, R.W. 1984. Bionomics of the bee Stenotritus greavesi and ethological characteristics of Stenotritidae (Hymenoptera). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 375-85 [Date published 31/12/1984] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1930. Studies in Australian bees. Victorian Naturalist 47: 9-17 [Date published 31/12/1930] (illustration)
Rozen, J.G. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of Euherbstia with other short-tongued bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). American Museum Novitates 3060: 1-17 [11] (larva examined)
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