Open AccessA REINSTATEMENT AND REVISION OF THE GENUS THAUMATOSOMA SMITH (APOIDEA: MEGACHILIDAE)
Author(s) -
King J.,
Exley E. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1985.tb00193.x
Subject(s) - megachilidae , subgenus , biology , apoidea , genus , zoology , ecology , hymenoptera , pollination , pollinator , pollen
The bee genus Thaumatosoma , sometimes treated as a subgenus of Chalicodoma Lepeletier, is reinstated and redefined. It includes 2 Australian species, T. duboulaii Smith and T. remeata (Cockerell) comb. n. The male of T. remeata is described for the first time. Floral associations and a distribution map are included.