Species Euryglossina (Quasihesma) moonbiensis (Exley, 1968)

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• Quasihesma moonbiensis Exley, E.M. 1968. Quasihesma—a new genus of Australian bees (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 227-235 [Date published 31/12/1968] [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6678 ♂, Moonbi Range, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Angophora Cav. [Myrtaceae], Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae], Eugenia L. [Myrtaceae], Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae], Tristania R.Br. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Exley, E.M. 1980. New species and records of Quasihesma Exley (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Euryglossinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19: 161-170 [Date published 31/12/1980] (distribution)

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