Callomelitta perpicta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Callomelitta |
| Species: | C. perpicta |
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Callomelitta perpicta is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. The type locality is Ararat, Victoria.[2]
Behaviour
The adults are solitary flying mellivores that nest in rotting wood. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Acacia and Eucalyptus species.[2]
References
- 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1910). "Some Australian bees in the Berlin Museum". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 18: 98–114 [100].
- 1 2 3 4 "Species Callomelitta perpicta Cockerell, 1910". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-05-14.