Species Megachile hackeri Cockerell, 1913
- Megachile hackeri 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/4129 ♀, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities suburbs of Brisbane, Stradbroke Is., Bribie Is. and Sydney.
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest of resin in old mud-wasp (Abispa—Vespidae: Eumeninae) nest; flower visiting record: Leucopogon R. Brown [Epacridaceae], Jacksonia R. Brown [Fabaceae], Pultenaea Smith [Fabaceae].
General References
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] (as Megachile (Hackeriapis) hackeri Cockerell, 1913)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Australian Museum collection. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 199-243 [Date published 31/12/1929] (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)
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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