Species Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) semirufus (Cockerell, 1914)

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• Euryglossa semirufa Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 464-472 [Date published 31/12/1914] [469].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.237 ♀, Yarrawin (Brewarrina), NSW.
• Prosopis pulchricrus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 261-269 [Date published 31/12/1915] [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.48 ♂, Yarrawin, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Houston, T.F. 1981. A revision of the Australian hylaeine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). II. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 80: 1-128 [Date published 31/12/1981] [85]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Cassia L. s.lat. [Caesalpiniaceae], Grevillea R.Br. ex J. Knight [Proteaceae], Hakea Schrader [Proteaceae].

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