Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) australasiae Dalla Torre, 1896
- Megachile australasiae Dalla Torre, K.W. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Apidae (Anthophila). Lipsiae : G. Engelmann Vol. x 643 pp. [Date published 31/12/1896] [421] [nom. nov. for Megachile imitata Smith, 1868].
- Megachile imitata Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868] [257] [junior primary homonym of Megachile imitata Smith, 1853].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2355 ♀, Champion Bay (Geraldton), WA.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Cairns, (Mackay), Champion Bay and Roebourne, also New Ireland.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees, chiefly Australian species, described or determined by Dr. H. Friese. American Museum Novitates 343: 1-20 [Date published 31/12/1929: publication date Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199–243 [211]] (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)
Friese, H. 1911. Zur Bienenfauna Neuguineas und der benachbarten Gebiete (Hym.) (Nachtrag II). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911: 448-453 [Date published 31/12/1911] (incorrect subsequent spelling as
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