Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) littleri (Cockerell, 1918)
- Prosopis littleri Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Descriptions and records of bees. LXXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 1: 158-167 [Date published 31/12/1918] [163].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.100 ♂, George Town, TAS.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities George Town and Mt Magnificent.
IBRA
SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting records: Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae].
General References
Alcock, J. & Houston, T.F. 1987. Resource defense and alternative mating tactics in the banksia bee, Hylaeus alcyoneus (Erichson). Ethology 76: 177-188 (biology)
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 [382] (flower record)
Meade-Waldo, G. 1923. Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. Subfam. Prosopidinae. Genera Insectorum 181: 1-45 [Date published 31/12/1923] (as
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