Species Trichocolletes brunilabrum Batley & Houston, 2012
- Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) brunilabrum Batley, M. & Houston, T.F. 2012. Revision of the Australian bee genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini). Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 1-50 [Date published 23 May 2012] [11].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 13651 ♂, Western Australia. 27 km N Wongawol HS, 9–30 Jul. 1983, T. F. Houston & R. P. McMillan, on flowers of Swainsona.
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes brunilabrum Batley & Houston, 2012.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Predominantly east from Shark Bay, Western Australia, with one record from near Perth
IBRA
Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected on flowers of Indigofera georgei and Swainsona
Diagnosis
Length c. 11 mm; eyes hairy; scape black in both sexes; legs black; metasoma sericeous with moderately wide, silver bands, narrowly ferruginous across anterior margins; labrum without a tubercle; known only from western Australia. Male fore basitarsus with short hair only; S7 with narrow, rectangular lateral lobes. Female clypeus coarsely sculptured; hind tarsal claw with inner ramus.
General References
Batley, M. & Houston, T.F. 2012. Revision of the Australian bee genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini). Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 1-50 [Date published 23 May 2012]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2012 | 07-Sep-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Aug-2012 | ADDED |