Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) austeni Cockerell, 1906
- Megachile austeni 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] [539].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2313 ♂, Australia (probably QLD, from description).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Cairns, Mackay and Stradbroke Is.
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, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Ipomoea L. [Convolvulaceae].
General References
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] (distribution)
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] (description of female)
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