Species Trichocolletes dowerinensis Rayment, 1931
- Trichocolletes dowerinensis Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] [162].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Dowerin, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) dowerinensis Rayment, 1931.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southwestern Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Burtonia hendersoni, Daviesia aphylla, Daviesia croniniana, Daviesia incrassata ssp. teres, Jacksonia ulicina, Jacksonia velutina, Gastrolobium glaucum, Gastrolobium ilicifolium, Pultenaea sp., Swainsona microphylla
Diagnosis
Length male c. 12 mm, female c. 14 mm; eyes hairy; metasomal bands broad silver. Male hind tibia and basitarsus broad, flat; metasoma with prominent stiff, black setae. Female pygidial plate with deep, linear emargination, tarsal claws simple.
Diagnosis 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]
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]
Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (illustration)
History of changes
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