Species Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana Ritsema, 1876

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• Xylocopa aruana Ritsema, C. 1876. Acht nieuwe oost-indische Xylocopa-Soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 19: 177-185 [Date published 31/12/1876] [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 7♀, Aru Is.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in dead, dry wood (Capparis L. [Capparaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae]), each larva in individual, mass-provisioned cell, flower visiting record: wisteria, Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Crotalaria L. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Passiflora L. [Passifloraceae], Solanum L. [Solanaceae].

General References

Anderson, G.J. & Symon, D. 1988. Insect foragers on Solanum flowers in Australia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 75: 842-852 [Date published 31/12/1988] (flower record)

Fain, A. 1982. Sennertia Oudemans (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) on Australian bees. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 67-70 [Date published 31/12/1982] (as host, as Mesotrichia bryorum (Fabricius, 1775))

Goebel, R.L. 1986. Australian native bees. Queensland Agricultural Journal 112: 285-286 [Date published 31/12/1986] (biology, as Xylocopa bryorum (Fabricius, 1775))

Houston, T.F. 1974. Notes on the behaviour of an Australian carpenter bee, genus Xylocopa Latr. (Hymenoptera: Xylocopinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 2: 36-38 [Date published 31/12/1974] (biology)

Hurd, P.D., Jr & Moure, J.S. 1963. A classification of the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 29: 1-365 [Date published 31/12/1963] (generic placement)

Lieftinck, M.A. 1957. Revision of the carpenter-bees (Xylocopa Latr., subgenus Maiella Michener) of the Papuan region (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Nova Guinea ns 8: 325-376 [Date published 31/12/1957] (taxonomy, previously recorded as Xylocopa aestuans (Linnaeus, 1758), Xylocopa bryorum (Fabricius, 1775), Xylocopa confusa (Pérez, 1901), Xylocopa dimidiata (Lepeletier, 1841))

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] (illustration)

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. (biology, as Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) bryorum (Fabricius, 1775))

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] (biology, as Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) bryorum (Fabricius, 1775))

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host, as Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) bryorum (Fabricius, 1775))

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