Species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) walkeri (Cockerell, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthophora walkeri Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 392-403 [Date published 31/12/1905] [396].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 17B.663 ♀, Baudin Is., WA.
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1♂ 1♀, same as the holotype.
• Anthophora darwini Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 409-419 [Date published 31/12/1910] [409].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 17B.448 ♂, P. Darwin, NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brooks, R.W. 1988. Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae; Anthophorini). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 436-575 [Date published 31/12/1988] [575]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

General References

Brooks, R.W. 1988. Systematics and phylogeny of the anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae; Anthophorini). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 436-575 [Date published 31/12/1988] (subgeneric placement)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1947. A critical revision of species in the zonata group of Anthophora by new characters (Part II). Treubia 19: 46-73 [Date published 31/12/1947] (redescription)

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