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Euhesma granitica
Euhesma granitica, or Euhesma (Euhesma) granitica, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1998 by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley.
From the article Euhesma granitica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Body length of the female is 6.0 mm, wing length 4.0 mm; that of the male is body length 5.5 mm, wing length 3.8 mm. Colouration is mainly black, dark brown and yellow.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia. The type locality is 22 km south of Mount Magnet in the Mid West region.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eremophila granitica.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet granitica refers to the species of forage plant on which the types were collected.
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 1250776.