Leioproctus otautahi Donavan, 2007
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Now recognised as a vagrant individual of L. launcestonensis to New Zealand (Donavan & Maynard, 2010).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last (and only) record: 16-18 December 1959 (Donovan & Maynard, 2010)
Distribution
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Donovan, Barry J. (2007). Apoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 57: 295 pp. Lincoln, New Zealand: Manaaki Whenua Press.
Other references:
Donovan, Barry J. and Maynard, Glynn V. (2010). The New Zealand native bee Leioproctus (Leioproctus) otautahi Donovan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) is synonymous with Leioproctus (Leioproctus) launcestonensis (Cockerell) from Australia. New Zealand Entomologist 33(1): 17-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2010.9722187
Hitchmough, R. A., Bull, L. and Cromarty, P. (compilers). (2007). New Zealand Threat Classification System lists—2005. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 194 pp.
Hitchmough, R. A., Rolfe, J. and Stringer, I. A. N. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera, 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 18. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 14 pp.
Stringer, I. A. N. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2012). Assessing the conservation status of New Zealand’s native terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 77-84.
Ward, D. F., Early, J. W., Schnitzler, F.-R., Hitchmough, R. A. and Stringer, I. A. N. (2012). The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 116-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.686315