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Euhesma aulaca
Euhesma aulaca, or Euhesma (Euhesma) aulaca, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2015 by entomologists Katja Hogendoorn and Remko Leijs.
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Description
The female holotype has a body length of 5.5 mm, wing length 3.5 mm, and head width 1.6 mm. A male paratype has a body length of 5.2 mm, wing length 3.6 mm, and head width 1.2 mm. Colouration is mainly black, brown and yellow.
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eremophila scoparia.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet aulaca (‘furrowed’) refers to a distinctive deep median furrow in the clypeus.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1250719.