Species Megachile silvestris Rayment, 1951
- Megachile gilbertiella silvestris Rayment, T. in Erickson, R. & Rayment, T. 1951. Simple social bees of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 3: 45-59 [Date published 31/12/1951] [53].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, 40 miles S Perth, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
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, solitary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Female found inside dead Xanthorrhoea Smith [Xanthorrhoeaceae] flower stalk.
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 [1376] (type specimen not located for examination; not included in Hackeriapis)
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