Species Megachile rufolobata Cockerell, 1913

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megachile rufolobata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Descriptions and records of bees. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 530-542 [Date published 31/12/1913] [536].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.2279 ♂, 60 miles N Perth, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities 60 miles N of Perth, Swan River and Gnangara.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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)

Rayment, T. 1931. Bees in the collections of the Western Australian Museum and the Agricultural Department, Perth. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 157-190 [Date published 31/12/1931] (distribution)

Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp. (description of female)

 

History of changes

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