Species Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) barrowensis Exley, 1968

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• Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) barrowensis Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Brachyhesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 167-201 [Date published 31/12/1968] [184].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 14 miles N Barrow Creek, NT.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Eucalyptus L'Hérit. [Myrtaceae].

General References

Exley, E.M. 1974. A contribution to our knowledge of the bee fauna (Colletidae: Euryglossinae) of remote areas of Australia with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 85: 95-110 [Date published 31/12/1974] (distribution)

Exley, E.M. 1975. New species and records of Brachyhesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 139-144 [Date published 31/12/1975] (distribution)

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