Biology:Leioproctus australiensis

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Short description: Species of bee

Leioproctus australiensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Leioproctus
Species:
L. australiensis
Binomial name
Leioproctus australiensis
Synonyms
  • Scrapter bicolor Smith, 1862
  • Macropis australiensis Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Euryglossidia rectangulata Cockerell, 1910

Leioproctus australiensis, or Leioproctus (Euryglossidia) australiensis, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by Austrian entomologist Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre in 1896.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia.[2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Dillwynia retorta and Dillwynia sieberi, as well as Pultenaea species.[2]

Dillwynia retorta (eggs and bacon), a forage plant of the bees

References

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