Species Megachile preissi Cockerell, 1910
- Megachile preissi Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Some Australian bees in the Berlin Museum. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 18: 98-114 [Date published 31/12/1910] [110].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 1008 ♀, Eastern Australia (this label may be an error for Western Australia).Type locality references:
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] [229].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
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)
Meade-Waldo, G. 1915. Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 325-335 [Date published 31/12/1915] (taxonomy)
Rayment, T. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. VIII. Apoidea. With description of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 201-212 [Date published 31/12/1934] (distribution)
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