Species Megachile derelicta Cockerell, 1913
- Megachile derelicta Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Bees of the genus Megachile from Australia. The Entomologist 46: 164-168 [Date published 31/12/1913] [166].
Type data:
Holotype QM Hy/4128 ♀, Windsor, VIC.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Brisbane, Windsor and Grampians.
IBRA
Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest of resin, flower visiting record: Bursaria Cav. [Pittosporaceae], Daviesia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dillwynia Sm. [Fabaceae], Dipodium R.Br. [Orchidaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Jacksonia Smith [Fabaceae], ?Stylidium Willd. [Stylidiaceae], Wahlenbergia Roth [Campanulaceae].
General References
Bernhardt, P. & Burns-Balogh P. 1983. Pollination and pollinarium of Dipodium punctatum R.Br. Victorian Naturalist 100: 197-199 [Date published 31/12/1983] (flower record)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (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] (biology)
King, J. 1994. The bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Australia. I. Morphology of the genus Chalicodoma Lepeletier, and a revision of the subgenus Hackeriapis Cockerell. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8(6): 1373-1419 [1373] (not included in Hackeriapis)
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