Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) greavesi (Rayment, 1935)
- Gnathoprosopis greavesi Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. [645].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Denmark, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality and Peaceful Bay.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Males territorial, perched on flowers of Beaufortia R.Br. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Alcock, J. & Houston, T.F. 1996. Mating systems and male size in Australian hylaeine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Ethology 102(7): 591-610 [Date published July] [597] (biology)
History of changes
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