Austronomia sicheli (Vachal, 1897)

Zakardjian, Marie, Jourdan, Herve, Cochenille, Thomas, Mahe, Prisca & Geslin, Benoit, 2023, Checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of New Caledonia, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 105291-105291 : 105291

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scientific name

Austronomia sicheli (Vachal, 1897)
status

 

Austronomia sicheli (Vachal, 1897)

Nomia sicheli Vachal, 1897;

Nomia wilmattae Cockerell, 1929

Feeds on

Polyscias pancheri ( Schlessman et al. 1990); Melastomataceae : Melastoma denticulatum (native); Violaceae : Agatea longipedicellata (native); Babingtonia sp., Myoporum crassifolium , Poinsettia sp., Eugenia sp., Scaevola sp., Styphelia pancheri (native) (Pauly & Muzinger 2003); Anacardiaceae : Schinus terebinthifolia (alien); Apocynaceae : Parsonsia crebriflora (native); Araliaceae : Polyscias sessiliflora (native), Polyscias sp. (native), unknown (native); Asteraceae : Ageratum conyzoides (alien); Celastraceae : Peripterygia marginata (native); Combretaceae : Lumnitzera racemosa (native); Connaraceae : unknown (native); Cunoniaceae : Codia discolor (native); Dilleniaceae : Hibbertia bouletii (native), Hibbertia lucens (native), Hibbertia pancheri (native), Hibbertia pulchella (native), Hibbertia sp. (native); Ericaceae : Dracophyllum verticillatum (native), Styphelia cf. cymbulae (native); Escalloniaceae : Argophyllum montanum (native); NA: Cassia fistula (native), Cassia sp. (native), Storckiella pancheri (native), Storckiella sp. (native); Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia sp. (alien); Goodeniaceae : Scaevola beckii (native), Scaevola cylindrica (native), Scaevola erosa (native), Scaevola montana (native); Joinvilleaceae : Joinvillea sp. (native); Lamiaceae : Mentha sp. (alien); Loganiaceae : Geniostoma densiflorum (native); Malpighiaceae : Tristellateia australasiae (native); Melastomataceae : Melastoma malabathricum (native); Mimosaceae : Acacia spirorbis (native); Leucaena leucocephala (alien), Mimosa diplotricha (alien); Myodocarpaceae : Myodocarpus fraxinifolius (native); Myrsinaceae : Tapeinosperma oblongifolium (native); Myrtaceae : Cloezia artensis (native), Cloezia sp. (native), Melaleuca gnidioides (native), Melaleuca quinquenervia (native), Myrtastrum rufopunctatum (native), Myrtus sp. (native), Psidium guajava (alien), Sannantha leratii (native), Sannantha sp. (native), Syzygium jambolanum (alien), Syzygium lateriflorum (native), Syzygium quadrangulare (native), Tristaniopsis calobuxus (native), Tristaniopsis glauca (native), Tristaniopsis vieillardii (native), Uromyrtus emarginata (native), unknown 1 (native), unknown 2 (native); Phrymaceae : Mimulus sp. (alien); Proteaceae : Grevillea exul (native), Stenocarpus milnei (native), Stenocarpus umbelliferus (native), Stenocarpus sp. (native); Rhamnaceae : Alphitonia neocaledonica (native); Rubiaceae : Normandia neocaledonica (native); Sapindaceae : Guioa villosa (native), Litchi chinensis (alien), Storthocalyx pancheri (native); Senna occidentalis (alien); Solanaceae : Solanum torvum (alien), unknown (alien); Verbenaceae : Stachytarpheta indica (alien); Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea sp. ( Donovan et al. 2013); Antigonum leptotus , Arytera arcuata , Croton, Euphorbia cyathophora , Gymnostoma poissonianum , Myrtopsis sp., Xanthostemon sp. (new records).

Native status

Endemic

Distribution

Historical data in New Caledonia: Nouméa, 23 Jan 1914. Baie Ngo, 10 Feb 1914. Baie Ouemo, 28 Mar 1914 ( Turner 1919). Plum Farm, 30 May 1927, one female; 4 Jun 1927, two females. Rivière Bleue, 10 Jan 1999, seven males and 13 females; 11 Jan 1999, three males and 8 females. Mandjelia, 28 Jan 1999, one female. Prony, 10 Feb 1999, two females. Paagoumene, 12 Mar 1999, one male ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003). Mt Tinchialit, Sep 1945, three females. Puébo, two females. Cap des Pins, 18 Nov 1950, two males and two females ( Cheesman 1953). Near Yaté, 30 Dec 1979, one individual ( Donovan 1983). Dec 1979-Sep 2008, 42 males and 147 females ( Donovan et al. 2013). Rivière Bleue, Nov-Dec 1985 ( Schlessman et al. 1990). Belep: Île Art, 28 Feb 2017, two males and three females; 25 Apr 2017, one male, two females and one individual; 27 Apr 2017, three females; (no date), one male and one female. Ouvéa, 7 Mar 2017, one male; 8 Mar 2017, one individual. Tiga, 8 Apr 2017, four females; 9 Apr 2017, two females; 11 Apr 2017, one male. Koumac, 30 Apr 2017, one male; 1 May 2017, one female. Païta - La Tontouta: Tontouta Valley, 15 Mar 2019, one female; 29 Mar 2019, one female; 1 Apr 2019, one female. Nouméa: Parc Zoologique et Forestier, 30 Mar 2019, one male and two females; 06 Apr 2019, 2 females; Anse Vata, IRD Park, 21 Mar 2019, 1 female. ( Zakardjian et al. 2023b).

Cheesman, L. E., 1953. Bees of New Caledonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (69): 713 - 716

Donovan, B. J., 1983. Comparative biogeography of native Apoidea of New Zealand and New Caledonia. GeoJournal 7: 511 - 516

Donovan, Barry J., Munzinger, Jerome, Pauly, Alain, McPherson, Gordon, 2013. Flower-visiting records of the native bees of New Caledonia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99 (1): 19 - 43

Pauly, Alain, Munzinger, Jerome, 2003. Contribution a la connaissance des Hymenoptera Apoidea de Nouvelle-Caledonie et de leurs relations avec la flore butinee. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (N.S.) 39 (2): 153 - 166

Schlessman, Mark A., Lowry, Porter P., Lloyd, David G., 1990. Functional dioecism in the New Caledonian endemic Polyscias pancheri (Araliaceae). Biotropica 22 (2)

Turner, Rowland E., 1919. XXI.-On the Hymenoptera collected in New Caledonia by P. D. Montague in 1914. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 (9): 229 - 240

Zakardjian, M., Jourdan, H., Cochenille, T., Mahe, P., Geslin, B., 2023. Apoidea of New Caledonia 2017-2022. In: GBIF.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Austronomia