Species Sericogaster fasciata Westwood, 1835

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• Sericogaster fasciatus Westwood, J.O. 1835. Characters of new genera and species of hymenopterous insects. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 51-54, 68-72 [Date published 31/12/1835] [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
• Stilpnosoma semisericea Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 465-477 [Date published 31/12/1905] [476].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ (a specimen is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.113), Mackay, QLD.
• Stilpnosoma histrio Friese, H. 1924. Ueber die Bienen Australiens. Konowia 3: 216-249 [Date published 31/12/1924] [232].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNH 1♀ (described from 3 females, location of other specimens unknown), Mackay, QLD.
• Stilpnosoma cambournii Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Gosford.

  Type locality references:

  Menke, A.S. & Michener, C.D. 1973. Sericogaster Westwood, a senior synonym of Holohesma Michener. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 173-174 [Date published 31/12/1973] [174].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Menke, A.S. & Michener, C.D. 1973. Sericogaster Westwood, a senior synonym of Holohesma Michener. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 173-174 [Date published 31/12/1973] [174]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Mackay, Birkdale, near Stanthorpe, Gosford and Manning Valley.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae].

 

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXXI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 160-168 [Date published 31/12/1910] (as Pachyprosopis semisericea (Cockerell, 1905))

Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] (taxonomy, flower record, as Holohesma semisericea (Cockerell, 1905))

Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 1997. The composition of the bee (Apoidea: Hymenoptera) fauna visiting flowering trees in New South Wales lowland subtropical rainforest remnants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 118: 69-95 [95] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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