Leioproctus australiensis

Leioproctus australiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

  1. 1 2 Dalla Torre, KW (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Apidae (Anthophila). Vol. X. Lipsiae: G. Engelmann. pp. 1–643 [193].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Leioproctus (Euryglossidia) australiensis (Dalla Torre, 1896)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-07-15.


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