Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) quinquelineata Cockerell, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megachile quinquelineata 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] [534].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2360 ♀, Mackay, QLD.
• Megachile glaberrima Friese, H. 1911. Zur Bienenfauna Neuguineas und der benachbarten Gebiete (Hym.) (Nachtrag II). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911: 448-453 [Date published 31/12/1911] [452].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Cairns, Mackay and Kuranda (as Curanda), QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]] [7]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest of cut leaves in ground, using burrows originally formed by spiders, flower visiting record: heliotrope, lucerne, Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Pongamia Vent. [Fabaceae].

General References

Bray, R.A. 1973. Characteristics of some bees of the family Megachilidae in southeast Queensland and their potential as lucerne pollinators. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 99-102 [Date published 31/12/1973] (flower record)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 220-229 [Date published 31/12/1912] (distribution, as Megachile glaberrima Friese, 1911)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (distribution)

Doull, K.M. 1961. Insect problems of lucerne seed production in South Australia. Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 27: 11-15 [Date published 31/12/1961] (biology, as Megachile quinquilineata, incorrect subsequent spelling)

Meade-Waldo, G. 1915. Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 325-335 [Date published 31/12/1915] (distribution)

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. 1954. Incidence of acarid mites on the biology of bees. The Australian Zoologist 12: 26-38 (as host)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 560 pp. [Date published 31/12/1926] (illustration)

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