Species Xanthesma (Xenohesma) brachycera (Cockerell, 1914)

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• Euryglossa brachycera Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 1-13 [Date published 31/12/1914] [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.273 ♀, Townsville, QLD.
• Euryglossa perpulchra Cockerell, T.D.A. 1916. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 17: 428-435 [Date published 31/12/1916].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym. 17.a.279 ♂, Kalamunda, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Prendergast, K.S. & Dorey, J.B. 2023. Xanthesma (Xenohesma) perpulchra and Xanthesma (Xanthesma) brachycera are conspecific based on DNA barcodes. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 39: 1–10 (Synonymy following DNA data and morphological examinations)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and nesting behavior of Australian Bembix sand wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 20: iv, 1-387 [Date published 31/12/1973] (VIC; ?this species, as prey)

Exley, E.M. 1969. Revision of the genus Xanthesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 515-526 [Date published 31/12/1969] (distribution)

Exley, E.M. 1974. A contribution to our knowledge of the bee fauna (Colletidae: Euryglossinae) of remote areas of Australia with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 85: 95-110 [Date published 31/12/1974]

Exley, E.M. 1978. Chaetohesma—a new genus of Australian bees (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 373-397 [Date published 31/12/1978] (supposed male, =Chaetohesma tuberculata Exley, 1978)

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] (Wentworth; doubtful record)

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