Species Megachile (Thaumatosoma) remeata Cockerell, 1913

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• Megachile remeata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 530-542 [Date published 31/12/1913] [538].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2339 ♀, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: (Diuris Sm. [Orchidaceae]), Eremophila R.Br. [Myoporaceae].

General References

Erickson, R. 1951. Orchids of the West. Perth : Paterson Brokensha 109 pp. [Date published 31/12/1951] (flower record)

Erickson, R. 1965. Orchids of the West. Perth : Paterson Brokensha 107 pp. [Date published 31/12/1965] (flower record)

King, J. & Exley, E.M. 1985. A reinstatement and revision of the Genus Thaumatosoma Smith (Apoidea: Megachilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 87-92 [Date published 31/12/1985] (generic placement, redescription, distribution)

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 [Date published 31/12/1965] (as Chalicodoma (Hackeriapis) remeata (Cockerell, 1913))

Rayment, T. 1950. A new and remarkable organ on a resin-bee. Victorian Naturalist 66: 163-168 [Date published 31/12/1950] (description of male, doubtful record)

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