Euryglossina

Euryglossina
Euryglossina leyburnensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Euryglossina
Cockerell, 1910

Euryglossina is a genus of bees belonging to the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. As of 2026 there were about 73 valid species, which are found almost entirely in Australia, though one species (Euryglossina proctotrypoides) has been introduced to New Zealand.[1] The genus was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell,[2] and revised in 1968 by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley.[3]

Subgenera

There are five subgenera:[2]

  • Euryglossina (Euryglossella) Cockerell, 1910
  • Euryglossina (Euryglossina) Cockerell, 1910
  • Euryglossina (Microdontura) Cockerell, 1929
  • Euryglossina (Quasihesma) Exley, 1968
  • Euryglossina (Turnerella) Cockerell, 1910

Species

References

  1. ↑ "Euryglossina Cockerell, 1910". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  2. 1 2 "Names List for Euhesma Michener, 1965". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
  3. ↑ Exley, EM (1968). "Revision of the genus Euryglossina Cockerell (Apoidea: Colletidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 16: 915–1020 [968].
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