Species Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston, 1990
- Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) multipectinatus Houston, T.F. 1990. Descriptions of new paracolletine bees associated with flowers of Eremophila (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 14: 583-621 [Date published 31/12/1990] [618].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 87/1459 ♂, Meleya Well, Thundelarra Station, WA [28°58'S, 117°12'E].
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston, 1990.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern Western Australia (Mt Magnet – Kalgoorlie region), northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia and western New South Wales
IBRA
NSW, SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae].
Diagnosis
Eyes not hairy; proboscis relatively elongate, prementum length at least 3.5× eye width viewed laterally. Female lower clypeus dull, densely punctate; facial hair brown, simple; mid-tibial spur strongly curved with set of stout teeth medially; prepygidial fimbria orange or mostly so. Male with hair of clypeus very erect, of even length, appearing cropped; fore basitarsus expanded ventrally; fore calcar without teeth; T7 with only a medial spot yellow-brown.
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] [30]
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |