Species Thyreus macleayi (Cockerell, 1907)
- Crocisa macleayi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. On a collection of Australian and Asiatic bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23: 221-236 [Date published 31/12/1907] [232].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH ♀, NSW. - Crocisa albomaculata Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868] [258] [junior secondary homonym of Apis albomaculata de Geer, 1778].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.b.459 ♀, Champion Bay (Geraldton), WA. - Crocisa albovittata Friese, H. 1912. Namensänderungen für einige Apiden (Hym.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78((A)12): 89 [Date published 31/12/1912] [89] [nom. nov. for Crocisa albomaculata Smith, 1868].
- Crocisa plurinotata Meyer, R. 1921. Apidae—Nomadinae. I. Gattung Crocisa Jur. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87((A)1): 67-178 [Date published 31/12/1921] [97].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB ♀, Turkestan (incorrectly labelled, no other specimens of this species collected in central Asia).Type locality references:
Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Revision of the Indo-Australian species of the genus Thyreus Panzer (=Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 53: 1-212 [Date published 31/12/1962] [200].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Revision of the Indo-Australian species of the genus Thyreus Panzer (=Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 53: 1-212 [Date published 31/12/1962] [196]
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also NSW, but exact locality in NSW unknown.
IBRA
Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Cleptoparasitic, probably on Amegilla.
General References
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] [215] (illustration)
History of changes
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