Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga Smith, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megachile chrysopyga Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [173].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Hym.17.a.229 ♀ (number of specimens unknown), WA.

 

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, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest of cut leaves—under loose bark on log, under the exposed root of a tree, in soil, or in cracks in a rock, flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], Kunzea Reichb. [Myrtaceae], Oxylobium Andrews [Fabaceae], Plectronia L. [Rubiaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae].

 

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. CXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 216-227 [Date published 31/12/1926] (taxonomy)

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

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. [49] (biology)

Friese, H. 1912. Zur Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea und Oceania. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 6: 93-96 [Date published 31/12/1912] (distribution)

Hacker, H. 1915. Notes on the genus Megachile and some rare insects collected during 1913–14. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 137-141 [Date published 31/12/1915] (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 [Date published 31/12/1965] (flower record)

Michener, C.D. & Houston, T.F. 1991. Apoidea. pp. 993-1000 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137. (illustration)

Rayment, T. 1928. Studies of Australian bees. I. The leaf-cutting bees (Megachile macularis, Dalla Torre, and other species). II. The clay-bees. (Lithurgus atratiformis, Cockerell). Victorian Naturalist 45: 79-86 [Date published 31/12/1928] (illustration)

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. (biology)

Rayment, T. 1939. Bees from the high lands of New South Wales and Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 9: 263-294 [Date published 31/12/1939] (biology)

Rayment, T. 1947. Bees from the Victorian Alps. Victorian Naturalist 64: 103-107 [Date published 31/12/1947] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1953. Bees of the Portland District. Victoria : Portland Field Naturalist's Club 39 pp. [Date published 31/12/1953] (biology, flower record)

Rayment, T. 1953. Pictorial biology of a leafcutter bee, Megachile chrysopyga Smith. Victorian Naturalist 70: 50-51 (biology)

Rayment, T. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host)

 

History of changes

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