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Xanthesma flava
Xanthesma flava, or Xanthesma (Xanthesma) flava, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1965 by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener.
From the article Xanthesma flava on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. The type locality is Turn-off Lagoons, on the Nicholson River, in the Gulf Country of north-west Queensland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eucalyptus species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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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 954793.