Subgenus Megachile (Amegachile) Friese, 1909
- Amegachile Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande unserer heutigen Kenntnisse. 83-476, pls ix-x in Schultz, L. (ed.). Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905. Band 2, Lieferung 1, X Insecta (ser. 3) [Jenaische Denkschriften V]. Jena : Fischer Vol. 14.
Type species:
Megachile sjoestedti Friese, 1901 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T.D.H. 1931. African bees of the Megachilidae from Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 20: 132-179 (= Megachile bituberculata Ritsema, 1880). - Callochile 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] [27] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Megachile Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Megachile ustulatiformis Cockerell, 1910 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
E Palaearctic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld, WA: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)
Distribution References
- 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] [210]
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