Species Brachyhesma (Microhesma) microxantha (Cockerell, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euryglossina microxantha Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 1-13 [Date published 31/12/1914] [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.303 ♀, Mackay, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Flower visiting record: Leptospermum Forster & G.Forster [Myrtaceae].

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

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