Species Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii (Smith, 1865)

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• Thaumatosoma duboulaii Smith, F. 1865. Descriptions of some new species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Thynnidae, Masaridae, and Apidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 2: 389-399 [Date published 31/12/1865] [395].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2580 ♂, Swan River, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Smith, F. 1865. Observations on the genus Dorylus, and upon a new genus of Apidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2: 3-5 [Date published 31/12/1865] [3] (as Thaumatosoma duboulayi).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Goodenia Sm. [Goodeniaceae], Scaevola L. [Goodeniaceae].

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (taxonomy)

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)

Meade-Waldo, G. 1915. Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 325-335 [Date published 31/12/1915] (description of female, as Thaumatosoma duboulayi)

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 (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii (Smith, 1865))

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