1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: Homalictus (Homalictus) urbanus (Smith, 1879) (: : : )

Common Name Native urbanus halictid Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/138385

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2009) Native urbanus halictid bee(Homalictus (Homalictus) urbanus)Updated on 10/1/2011 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/138385

2.3. Facets Status: Native Australian Beneficial Species Host Genera: Fresh Flowers Bio-Region: Australasian - Oceanian Host Family: Dilleniaceae, Goodeniaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Campanulaceae, Compositae, Cruciferae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Frankeniaceae, Leguminosae, Loranthaceae, Malvaceae, Mimosaceae, Myoporaceae, Myrtaceae, Oenotheraceae, Papilionaceae, Pittosporaceae, Portulacaceae, Proteaceae, Santalaceae, Sapindaceae, Solanaceae, Sterculiaceae, Verbenaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Lamiaceae Female Frons sculpture: Reticulate Female Mesoscutum colour: Metallic Green Female Mesoscutum sculpture: Dull - finely reticulate Female Propodeum: Posterior rim not carinate, Surface coarsely reticulate Male Clypeus colour: Without any yellow marking Male lower inner eye width: Narrower than upper inner width Male scape colour: Entirely black or brown

2.4. Other Names Halictus aponi Cheesman, L.E. & Perkins, R.C.L. 1939 Halictus aponi erromangana Cheesman, L.E. & Perkins, R.C.L. 1939 Halictus cretinicola Friese, H. 1909 Halictus hackeriellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914 Halictus kesteveni Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912 Halictus microchalceus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929 Halictus olivinus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922 Halictus pavonellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915 Halictus subcarus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Halictus suburbanus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Halictus urbanus baudinensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905 Halictus urbanus lomatiae Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922 Halictus williamsi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930

2.5. Diagnostic Notes _Homalictus (Homalictus) urbanus_ (Smith, 1879) Halictus urbanus Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [35].

Type data Lectotype BMNH f, Champion Bay (Geraldton), WA. Subsequent designation references: Pauly, A. 1986. Les abeilles de la sous-famille des Halictinae en Nouvelle-Guinée et dans l'Archipel Bismarck (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 227: 1–58 [17].

_Halictus urbanus baudinensis_ Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of . III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 301–308 [307].

Type data:Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.906 f, Baudin Is., WA.

_Halictus cretinicola_ Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 7: 179–288 [190].

Type data: Lectotype NHMW f, Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Subsequent designation references: Pauly, A. 1986. Les abeilles de la sous-famille des Halictinae en Nouvelle-Guinée et dans l'Archipel Bismarck (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 227: 1–58 [17].

_Halictus kesteveni_ Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377–387 [386].

Type data: Holotype BMNH f, Kuranda (as Cairns Kuranda), QLD.

_Halictus hackeriellus_ Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 504–522 [507]

Type data: Holotype QM Hy4118 f, Brisbane, QLD.

_Halictus pavonellus_ Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 1–9 [5]

Type data: Holotype USNM f, Bribie Is., QLD.

2.6. References Bernhardt, P. & Weston, P.H. 1996. The pollination ecology of Persoonia (Proteaceae) in eastern . Telopea 6(4): 775-804 [789] (flower record) 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. [39] (biology) Keighery, G.J. 1975. Parallel evolution of floral structures in Darwinia (Myrtaceae) and Pimelea (Thymeleaceae). Western Australian Naturalist 13: 46-50 (flower record) Michener, C.D. 1960. Notes on the biology and supposed parthenogenesis of halictine bees from the Australian region. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 33: 85-96 (biology) Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 (flower records, as Homalictus urbanus (Smith, 1879), Homalictus suburbanus (Cockerell, 1930)) 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. (flower record) Walker, K.L. 1986. Revision of the Australian species of the genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 105-200 (redescription) 3. Diagnostic Images

VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February N.T., Watarraka Nat. Pk. Stokes Creek, 19 1982, K. L. Walker October 1996, K. Walker & K. Sparks Dorsal Image - Female: Sarah McCaffrey Dorsal Image - Male: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria Museums Victoria

N.T., Watarraka Nat. Pk. Stokes Creek, 19 VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February October 1996, K. Walker & K. Sparks 1982, K. L. Walker Gasterventral Image - Male: Sarah Head Front Image - Female: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria McCaffrey Museums Victoria

N.T., Watarraka Nat. Pk. Stokes Creek, 19 VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February October 1996, K. Walker & K. Sparks 1982, K. L. Walker Head Front Image - Male: Sarah McCaffrey Lateral Image - Female: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria Museums Victoria N.T., Watarraka Nat. Pk. Stokes Creek, 19 VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February October 1996, K. Walker & K. Sparks 1982, K. L. Walker Lateral Image - Male: Sarah McCaffrey Mesoscutum Image - Female: Sarah Museums Victoria McCaffrey Museums Victoria

VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February VIC, Warracknabeal 10km E, 25 February 1982, K. L. Walker 1982, K. L. Walker Metasoma Image - Female: Sarah Propodeum Image - Female: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria McCaffrey Museums Victoria 4. Other Images

Mt Piper, Victoria 19 Feb 2012 L Rogan on Vic Mt Piper 19 Feb 2012 on Wahlenbergia Wahlenbergia L Rogan Live female: Linda Rogan private Live female: Linda Rogan private

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