Species Megachile (Callomegachile) mystaceana (Michener, 1962)

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• Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) mystaceana Michener, C.D. 1962. Observations on the classification of the bees commonly placed in the genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70: 17-29 [Date published 31/12/1962] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6733 ♀, Brisbane, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Larva: sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest (of resin, gum, or mud) in old mud-wasp (Sceliphron laetum (Smith) Sphecidae) nest, in cardboard trap nest, in drilled wooden blocks or in polystyrene bee boards, flower visiting records: lucerne, Pongamia Vent. [Fabaceae], Pultenaea Sm. [Fabaceae].

General References

Bray, R.A. 1973. Characteristics of some bees of the family Megachilidae in southeast Queensland and their potential as lucerne pollinators. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 99-102 [Date published 31/12/1973] (biology)

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. [48] (biology)

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] (nest, as Megachile mystacea (Fabricius, 1775))

King, J. 1984. Immature stages of some Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 51-57 [Date published 31/12/1984] (immature stages)

Michener, C.D. 1962. Observations on the classification of the bees commonly placed in the genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70: 17-29 [Date published 31/12/1962] (misidentified by many authors as Megachile mystacea (Fabricius, 1775) =Chalicodoma mystaceana Michener, 1962)

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)

Skou, J.P. & King, J. 1984. Ascosphaera osmophila sp. nov., an Australian spore cyst fungus. Australian Journal of Botany 32: 225-231 [Date published 31/12/1984] (as host)

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