Species Trichocolletes sericeus (Smith, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthoglossa sericea Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new species of Australian Hymenoptera, and of a species of Formica from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 53-62 [Date published 31/12/1862] [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.395 ♀, Australia.
• Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) marginatulus Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [264].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Qld. Dunwich, Stradbroke Is, 21 August 1958, C.D. Michener on Dillwynia peduncularis.

 

Generic Combinations

• Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) sericeus (Smith, 1862).
• Trichocolletes sericeus (Smith, 1862).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern Australia between Brisbane and Adelaide

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected on flowers of: Dillwynia floribunda, Podolobium ilicifolium, Daviesia alata, Daviesia acicularis, Leptospermum

 

Diagnosis

Eyes not hairy; metasomal bands broad; prominent supraclypeal area inclined relative to clypeus. Male scapes swollen; supraclypeal area with dense hair. Female clypeus with coarse, dense punctures.

 

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. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. (description of male)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Oct-2013	COLLETIDAE	25-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
07-Sep-2012		07-Sep-2012	MOVED
22-Oct-2015		24-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED