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Species Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [58]

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. 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. (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)

 

History of changes

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