Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes
The elusive Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii (Smith 1865), belongs to the Megachile subgenus Thaumutosomu that contains 2 Australian species, T. duhoulaii (Smith) and T. remeala (Cockerell).
Although first described a bit over 150 years ago she’s apparently never been photographed before. And although the first pics I ever took of her were two years ago she was only recently identified by the incredibly knowledgeable (and helpful) Roch Desmier de Chenon after I posted some pics of one that had taken up residence in my BeeTown. He also mentioned that although she had been described in 1865, she’d pretty much never been seen since and we really don’t know anything about her… I had an opportunity to watch, learn, record and share something never seen before… And the first thing I learnt was she is the most frustratingly unpredictable and unpunctual bee I’ve ever tried to photograph in BeeTown 😆
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- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Megachilidae
- Subfamily: Megachilinae
- Tribe: Megachilini
- Genus: Megachile
- Subgenus: infrageneric Thaumatosoma
- Species: Megachile duboulaii
Footnote & References
- Photographs Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
- Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii, Gary Taylor, Ausemade
Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes
Insects — Batavia Coast and Midwest WANative Bees Wasps
The Batavia Coast and Midwest WAFauna
Western AustraliaThe Batavia Coast and Midwest WA Bungle Bungles – Purnululu National Park Great Southern WA Stirling Range National Park