Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) basilautus (Rayment, 1953)
- Meroglossa basilauta Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] [11].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Jamberoo (as Jamboroo), NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Jamberoo and Gorae West.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in galleries in sound, hard wood, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Loranthus Jacq. [Loranthaceae].
General References
Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host)
Rayment, T. 1954. Remarkable bees from a rain forest. The Australian Zoologist 12: 46-56 [Date published 31/12/1954] (description of female, as new species)
History of changes
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