Species Trichocolletes venustus (Smith, 1862)
- Lamprocolletes venustus 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] [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.503 ♂, Lower Plenty, VIC (as Lower Plenty, SA). - Trichocolletes daviesiae 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] [164].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Heathmont, VIC. - Trichocolletes nigroclypeatus Rayment, T. 1929. The plumed bees. Victorian Naturalist 46: 155-162 [Date published 31/12/1929] [162].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Daylesford, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [41]
Generic Combinations
- Trichocolletes venustus (Smith, 1862).
- Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) venustus (Smith, 1862).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest gregariously in ground, flower visiting record: Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Comesperma Labill. [Polygalaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Hardenbergia Benth. [Fabaceae], Hovea R.Br. [Fabaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Mirbelia Sm. [Fabaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae].
Diagnosis
Eyes hairy; metasomal bands gold. Male mid tibia clear orange-brown; fore basitarsus with plume; anterior margin of hind tibia with open fringe of long hair (Fig. 2). Female clypeus with V-shaped basal margin; inner hind tibial spur with c. 8 teeth.
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] [42]
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]
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1907. On a collection of Australian and Asiatic bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23: 221-236 [Date published 31/12/1907] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. L. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 273-283 [Date published 31/12/1913] (description of female)
De Lello, E. 1971. Adnexal glands of the sting apparatus of bees: anatomy and histology, I (Hymenoptera: Colletidae and Andrenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 44: 5-13 [Date published 31/12/1971] (sting glands)
Hacker, H. 1918. Entomological contributions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 106-111 pls 31-32 [Date published 31/12/1918] (flower record)
Hingston, A.B. 1998. Temporal and spatial variation in abundances of native bee species on an altitudinal gradient in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 497-507 [506]
Hingston, A.B. 1999. Affinities between southern Tasmanian plants in native bee visitor profiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 361-384 [367] (flower record)
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] (flower record)
Rayment, T. 1929. The plumed bees. Victorian Naturalist 46: 155-162 [Date published 31/12/1929] (biology)
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] (distribution)
Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (flower record)
Rayment, T. 1948. Notes on remarkable wasps and bees. With specific descriptions. The Australian Zoologist 11: 238-254 [Date published 31/12/1948] (illustration)
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