Species Megachile (Chalicodomoides) aethiops (Smith, 1853)

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Species Megachile (Chalicodomoides) aethiops (Smith, 1853)

Megachile aethiops 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] [166].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2251 ♀, Australia (as Africa but species known only from Australia).
Type locality references:
Michener, C.D. 1962. Observations on the classification of the bees commonly placed in the genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70: 17-29 [Date published 31/12/1962] [24].
Megachile doddiana clarkei Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LXIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 464-472 [Date published 31/12/1914] [464].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 54907 ♂ (described as ♀), Geraldton, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Michener, C.D. 1962. Observations on the classification of the bees commonly placed in the genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70: 17-29 [Date published 31/12/1962] [24]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Record for SW coastal, WA, is probably erroneous.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in abandoned cells of Sceliphron laetum (Smith) Sphecidae, cells lined with mixture of resin and plant fibres, flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].