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Euhesma pantoni
Euhesma pantoni, or Euhesma (Euhesma) pantoni, 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.
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Description
Body length of the female is 6.0 mm, wing length 5.0 mm; that of the male is body length is 6.0 mm, wing length 5.0 mm. Colouration is mainly black, dark brown and yellow.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in southern inland Western Australia. The type locality is 18 km west-south-west of Mulline, in the Goldfields–Esperance region.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eremophila pantonii.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet pantoni refers to the species of forage plant on which the bees 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 1250804.