Species Austrothurgus cognatus (Smith, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithurgus cognatus Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2099 ♀, Champion Bay (Geraldton), Western Australia, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Austrothurgus cognatus (Smith, 1868). —
  Gonzalez, V.H., Engel, M.S. & Griswold, T.L. 2013. The lithurgine bees of Australia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), with a note on Megachile rotundipennis. Journal of Melittology 11: 1–19 [Date published 18/5/2013] [5]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

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)

Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 7: 179-288 [Date published 31/12/1909] (distribution, doubtful, specimens from Sydney and Mackay)

Hacker, H. 1921. Catalogue of Australian bees. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 99-163 [Date published 31/12/1921] (as synonym of Lithurgus rubricatus Smith, 1853)

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] (taxonomy)

History of changes