Species Trichocolletes chrysostomus (Cockerell, 1929)
- Paracolletes chrysostomus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] [202].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K.95633 2♂, Western Australia. Eradu, Nicolson, 8 Sep. 1926. - Paracolletes marginatus lucidus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] [203].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K 95634 ♀, Western Australia. Geraldton, Nicolson, 4 Sep. 1926.
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) chrysostomus (Cockerell, 1929).
- Trichocolletes chrysostomus (Cockerell, 1929).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Coastal Western Australia and southern South Australia
IBRA
SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected on flowers of Dillwynia uncinata, Daviesia sp., Daviesia incrassata ssp. teres, Daviesia brevifolia, Jacksonia ulicina, Jacksonia cupulifera and Bossaeia
Diagnosis
Length male c. 12 mm, female c. 13 mm; eyes not hairy; metasomal bands moderately wide; prominent supraclypeal area inclined to clypeus, viewed laterally. Male scapes swollen; supraclypeal area bare, polished, impunctate on anterior surface; female clypeus with open, large punctures.
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
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| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |