Megachile kirbyana is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1] It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1906,[1] from a specimen collected in Fremantle.[2][3]

Megachile kirbyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. kirbyana
Binomial name
Megachile kirbyana
Cockerell, 1906

In Australia, it is found only in Western Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Megachile (Austrochile) kirbyana Cockerell, 1906". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  3. ^ Cockerell, T.D.A. (1906). "Descriptions and records of bees. XI". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (17): 527-539 [537].