Species Reepenia bituberculata (Smith, 1853)
- Megalopta bituberculata Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London : British Museum 197 pp. [Date published 31/12/1853] [84].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.1275 ♂, Australia (as Brazil; label is incorrect).Type locality references:
Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [306]. - Tetralonia testacea Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London : British Museum pp. 199-465. [Date published 31/12/1854] [301].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Australia (as Africa, label is incorrect, discrepancy discussed in Michener, 1965).Subsequent designation references:
Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [306]. - Nomia (Reepenia) eboracina Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377-387 [Date published 31/12/1912] [377].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂, Cape York, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [306]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Cape York and Gordonvale.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Flower visiting record: Lantana L. [Verbenaceae].
General References
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1909. Descriptions and records of bees. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 309-317 [Date published 31/12/1909] (redescription, as Tetralonia testacea Smith, 1854)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 81-98 [Date published 31/12/1921] (distribution, as Reepenia eboracina (Cockerell, 1912))
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the "Beagle". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 40: 519-522 [Date published 31/12/1932] (taxonomy)
Michener, C.D. & Moure, J.S. 1964. Megalopta , 1853 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1624. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21: 148-149 [Date published 31/12/1964] (as Reepenia bituberculata (Smith, 1853))
Moure, J.S. 1958. On the species of Megalopta described by F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 66: 179-190 [Date published 31/12/1958] (redescription, as Megaloptodes bituberculatus (Smith, 1853))
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. (illustration, as Reepenia eboracina (Cockerell, 1912))
History of changes
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