Species Megachile (Creightonella) frontalis (Fabricius, 1804)
- Anthophora frontalis Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum : Secundum; Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard xiv 439 pp. [375].
Type data:
Holotype ZMK ♂, Amboina [Ambon]. - Megachile lachesis Smith, F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A.R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 5: 93-143 [Date published 31/12/1861] [133].
Type data:
Lectotype OUM ♀, Amboina (as Bachian, Amboyna) [Ambon].Subsequent designation references:
Lieftinck, M.A. 1958. The identity of some Fabrician types of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) II. One Amegilla Friese and two species of Megachile Latr. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen C 61: 461-465 [Date published 31/12/1958] [464].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lieftinck, M.A. 1958. The identity of some Fabrician types of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) II. One Amegilla Friese and two species of Megachile Latr. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen C 61: 461-465 [Date published 31/12/1958] [463]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian record seems doubtful, as species has not been re-collected here.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
General References
Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758–1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488 [Date published 31/12/1966] (Australian record, as Megachile atrata Smith, 1853)
Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 7: 179-288 [Date published 31/12/1909] (Australian record, as Megachile lachesis Smith, 1861)
Michener, C.D. & Szent-Ivany, J.J.H. 1960. Observations on the biology of a leaf-cutter bee "Megachile frontalis" in New Guinea. Papua and New Guinea Agricultural Journal 13: 22-35 [Date published 31/12/1960] (biology)
Willmer, P.G. & Stone, G.N. 1989. Incidence of entomophilous pollination of lowland coffee (Coffea canephora); the role of leaf cutter bees in Papua New Guinea. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 50: 113-124 [Date published 31/12/1989] (biology)
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