Species Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)

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Species Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)

Apis bombylans Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [386].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
Lestis bombiliformis Froggatt, W.W. 1896. The entomology of the grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 74-87 [Date published 31/12/1896] [81] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Lestis bombylans (Fabricius, 1775); name not available].
Xylocopa australensis Kirby, W. 1819. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 454-482 [Date published 31/12/1819] [477].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
Secondary source:
Leys, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa Latreille, subgenera Koptortosoma Griboda and Lestis Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 115-136 [117] (identification of sex of missing type).
Lestis aerata gibbonsi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] [240].
Type data:
Holotype AM K57725 ♂, [Royal] National Park, NSW.
Lestis aerata violascens Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31: 309-364 [Date published 31/12/1905] [323].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
Lestis bombylans violacea 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] [293] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Lestis violascens Cockerell, 1905; name not available].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Leys, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa Latreille, subgenera Koptortosoma Griboda and Lestis Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 115-136

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest, usually communally, in dead, dry wood (Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Casuarina L. [Casuarinaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca [Myrtaceae], Melastoma [Melastomataceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae]), flowering stalks (Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae]), each larva in individual, mass-provisioned cell, flower visiting record: Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Cassia L. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hardenbergia Bentham [Fabaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Leptospermum R. & G. Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Melastoma affine D. Don [Melastomataceae], ?Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae], 'Apple Gum'.