Species Exoneura (Brevineura) froggatti Friese, 1899
- Exoneura froggatti Friese, H. 1899. Die Bienengattung Exoneura Sm. Entomologische Nachrichten. Dresden 25: 209-211 [Date published 31/12/1899] [210].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Thornleigh (as Sydney, Thurmleigh), NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Thornleigh, Moss Bay (possibly Mosmans Bay), Sydney, Croydon and Grampians.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in galls formed by Ethon (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), or in pithy stems of swordgrass, two or more adult females may be present in one nest, not all females lay eggs, all immature stages found in the communal chamber, larvae fed progressively, flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 465-477 [Date published 31/12/1905] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 220-229 [Date published 31/12/1912] (flower record)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Some Australian bees. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 65: 28-44 [Date published 31/12/1913] (description of female)
Neville, T., Schwarz, M.P. & Tierney, S.M. 1998. Biology of a weakly social bee, Exoneura (Exoneurella) setosa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and implications for social evolution in Australian allodapine bees. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 221-234 [230] (biology compared — as Brevineura frogatti)
Rayment, T. 1949. New bees and wasps—Part VIII. A new species of Exoneura, with notes on other reed-bees from the Grampians. Victorian Naturalist 65: 208-212 [Date published 31/12/1949] (biology)
Schwarz, M.P., Bull, N.J. & Hogendoorn, K. 1998. Evolution of sociality in the allodapine bees: a review of sex allocation, ecology and evolution. Insectes Sociaux 45: 349-368 [353] (biology — as Brevineura frogatti)
History of changes
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