Species Thyreus quadrimaculatus (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Crocisa quadrimaculata Radoszkowsky, O.I. 1893. [= Radoszkowski, O.I.] Revue des armures copulatrices des mâles des genres: Crocisa Jur., Melecta Lat., Pseudomelecta Rad., Chrysantheda Pert., Mesocheira Lep., Aglae Lep., Melissa Smith, Euglossa Lat., Eulema Lep., Acanthopus Klug. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou ns 7: 163-188 [Date published 31/12/1893] [171].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities White Swamp, Adelaide and Finke River.
IBRA
NSW, NT, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Cleptoparasitic, probably on Amegilla.
General 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] (taxonomy)
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