Species Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) dedari Exley, 1968

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• Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) dedari Exley, E.M. 1968. Revision of the genus Brachyhesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 167-201 [Date published 31/12/1968] [186].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 54–736 ♂, Dedari, 40 miles W Coolgardie, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), 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)

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