Species Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)
- Apis bombylans Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [386].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia (as New Holland). - Lestis bombiliformis Froggatt, W.W. 1896. The entomology of the grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 74-87 [Date published 31/12/1896] [81] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Lestis bombylans (Fabricius, 1775); name not available].
- Xylocopa australensis Kirby, W. 1819. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 454-482 [Date published 31/12/1819] [477].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Australia (as New Holland).Secondary source:
Leys, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa Latreille, subgenera Koptortosoma Griboda and Lestis Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 115-136 [117] (identification of sex of missing type). - Lestis aerata gibbonsi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] [240].
Type data:
Holotype AM K57725 ♂, [Royal] National Park, NSW. - Lestis aerata violascens Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31: 309-364 [Date published 31/12/1905] [323].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia. - Lestis bombylans violacea Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] [293] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Lestis violascens Cockerell, 1905; name not available].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Leys, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa Latreille, subgenera Koptortosoma Griboda and Lestis Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 115-136
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest, usually communally, in dead, dry wood (Acacia Miller [Mimosaceae], Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Casuarina L. [Casuarinaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca [Myrtaceae], Melastoma [Melastomataceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae]), flowering stalks (Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae]), each larva in individual, mass-provisioned cell, flower visiting record: Aotus Smith [Fabaceae], Baeckea L. [Myrtaceae], Cassia L. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Hardenbergia Bentham [Fabaceae], Hibbertia Andrews [Dilleniaceae], Leptospermum R. & G. Forster [Myrtaceae], Leucopogon R.Br. [Epacridaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Melastoma affine D. Don [Melastomataceae], ?Xanthorrhoea Sm. [Xanthorrhoeaceae], 'Apple Gum'.
General References
Cane, J.H. 1979. The hind tibiotarsal and tibial spur articulations in bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 52: 123-137 [Date published 31/12/1979] (morphology)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1939. Studies of the Pacific bees in the collection of Bishop Museum (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 15: 133-140 [Date published 31/12/1939] (distribution)
Fain, A. 1982. Sennertia Oudemans (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) on Australian bees. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 67-70 [Date published 31/12/1982] (as host)
Hacker, H. 1918. Entomological contributions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 106-111 pls 31-32 [Date published 31/12/1918] (biology)
Houston, T.F. 1992. Biological observations of the Australian green carpenter bees, genus Lestis (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae: Xylocopini). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 785-798 [Date published 31/12/1992] (biology)
Leys, R. 2000. Mate locating strategies of the green carpenter bees Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus and X. (L.) bombylans. Journal of Zoology, London 252: 453-462
McKeown, K.C. 1918. Notes on the habits of (Lestis bombylans), the carpenter bee of the grass-trees. Australian Naturalist 4: 21-25 [Date published 31/12/1918] (biology)
McKeown, K.C. 1945. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W 303 pp. [Date published 31/12/1945] (biology)
Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host)
Smith, F. 1851. Notes on the habits of Australian Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London ns 1: 179-181, pl. xvi figs 4, 5 [Date published 31/12/1851] (taxonomy)
Steen, Z. & Schwarz, M.P. 2000. Nesting and life cycle of the Australian green carpenter bees Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus Smith and Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 39(4): 291-300 [291] (biology)
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