Species Xanthesma (Chaetohesma) tuberculata (Exley, 1978)

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• Chaetohesma tuberculata Exley, E.M. 1978. Chaetohesma—a new genus of Australian bees (Apoidea: Colletidae: Euryglossinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 373-397 [Date published 31/12/1978] [378].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T8421 ♀, 7 km E Kununurra, QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Exley, E.M. 1969. Argohesma—a new genus of Australian bees (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 527-534 [Date published 31/12/1969] (description of male, as Argohesma Male Species B)

Exley, E.M. 1969. Revision of the subgenus Xenohesma Michener (Apoidea: Colletidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 535-551 [Date published 31/12/1969] (description of female, as female of Euryglossa (Xenohesma) stagei Exley, 1969)

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] (as Xanthesma brachycera (Cockerell, 1914))

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