Species Megachile (Amegachile) mystacea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Apis mystacea Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [385].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia (as New Holland). - Megachile ustulatiformis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 272-284 [Date published 31/12/1910] [280].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2294 ♂, Kuranda (as Cairns Kuranda), QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [29]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
A record from Sydney seems doubtful.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
(record of a nest of resin is probably of Chalicodoma mystaceana Michener, 1962), flower visiting record: Pongamia Vent. [Fabaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. Descriptions and records of bees. XI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 527-539 [Date published 31/12/1906] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Australian bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche (Cambridge) 37: 141-154 [Date published 31/12/1930] (distribution)
Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum : Secundum; Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard xiv 439 pp. (as Anthophora mystacea (Fabricius, 1775))
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] (doubtful record, of resin nest, probably misidentification of Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) 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)
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. (description of female, as Megachile ustulatiformis Cockerell, 1918)
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] (redescription)
History of changes
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