Species Megachile (Eutricharaea) simplex Smith, 1853
- Megachile simplex Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [169].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2386 ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Brisbane and Ararat.
IBRA
Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 530-542 [Date published 31/12/1913] (distribution)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (taxonomy)
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] (flower record)
History of changes
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