Species Megachile eucalypti Cockerell, 1910
- Megachile eucalypti Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. XXXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 356-366 [Date published 31/12/1910] [360].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (a female is labelled 'type' and has registration number Hym.17.a.2340), Mackay, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Atalaya hemiglauca F. Muell. ex Benth. [Sapindaceae], Canthium oleifolium Hook. [Rubiaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (taxonomy)
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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