Leioproctus spatulatus

Leioproctus spatulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Leioproctus
Species:
L. spatulatus
Binomial name
Leioproctus spatulatus
Synonyms
  • Paracolletes spatulatus Cockerell, 1905
  • Paracolletes providellus bacchalis Cockerell, 1914
  • Paracolletes subviridis Cockerell, 1915
  • Paracolletes pallidicinctus Rayment, 1953

Leioproctus spatulatus, or Leioproctus (Leioproctus) spatulatus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1905.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. Type localities include Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and Bridport, Tasmania.[2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Bursaria spinosa as well as Eucalyptus, Melaleuca and Leptospermum species.[2]

Bursaria spinosa (blackthorn), a forage plant of the bees

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. VI". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 16: 477–486 [485].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Leioproctus (Leioproctus) spatulatus (Cockerell, 1905)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-07-03.


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