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Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) rhodogastra Cockerell, 1910

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Mackay, Brisbane, Townsville, Halifax and Prince of Wales Is.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest of leaves (of Bauhinia L. [Caesalpiniaceae], Desmodium Desv. [Fabaceae], Mallotus Lour. [Euphorbiaceae], roses), in pre-existing holes (in iron pipe, tree stump, fence post, drilled wooden blocks), flower visiting record: lucerne, 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] (biology)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Descriptions and records of bees. XCV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 10: 265-269 [Date published 31/12/1922] (description of female)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. Australian bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche (Cambridge) 37: 141-154 [Date published 31/12/1930] (distribution)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1939. Studies of the Pacific bees in the collection of Bishop Museum (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 15: 133-140 [Date published 31/12/1939] (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] (nest)

Hacker, H. 1918. Entomological contributions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 106-111 pls 31-32 [Date published 31/12/1918] (biology)

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. (biology)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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22-Oct-2015 20-Sep-2012 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 23-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2010 MODIFIED