Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Bees Amegilla Bee
Braunsapis sp
Bright-white Masked Bee
Bush Bee
Ceylalictus perditellus
European Honey Bee
Exoneurella eremophila
Golden-browed Resin Bee
Lasioglossum (Homalictus)
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes)
Lipotriches
Megachile deanii
Red-headed Masked Bee
Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus
Xanthesma (Xenohesma)
This bee (rescued from a salt-water swimming pool in Alice Springs), belongs to a small family of bees found only in Australia — family Stenotritidae , probably genus Stenotritus . Once the bee dried out, it flew off.
family Stenotritidae , genus Stenotritus , Alice Springs NT
The stenotritids (family Stenotritidae ) are large, densely hairy and fast-flying bees. They have unmodified mouthparts. They make simple burrows in the ground and firm, ovoid provision masses in cells lined with a waterproof secretion.
family Stenotritidae , genus Stenotritus , Alice Springs NT
family Stenotritidae , genus Stenotritus , Alice Springs NT
family Stenotritidae , genus Stenotritus , Alice Springs NT
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Stenotritidae
Genus:
Ctenocolletes
Stenotritus
Footnote & References
Many thanks to Ken Walker for ID, member of Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees/
Stenotritidae, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d9a8741b-5f96-4202-9a1e-680b45378022?fbclid=IwAR2MF4IZ2-Pzr7d3oR6zllJgRj6rPpMNXx6qKEfB7JfadwwPioM5S_uBqyc
Stenotritus Smith, 1853, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d9a8741b-5f96-4202-9a1e-680b45378022?fbclid=IwAR2MF4IZ2-Pzr7d3oR6zllJgRj6rPpMNXx6qKEfB7JfadwwPioM5S_uBqyc
Genus Stenotritus, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/191575740
Stenotritidae, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotritidae
Stenotritidae, Ausemade, https://ausemade.com.au/flora-fauna/fauna/insects/bees/stenotritidae/
Alice Springs Bees Amegilla Bee
Braunsapis sp
Bright-white Masked Bee
Bush Bee
Ceylalictus perditellus
European Honey Bee
Exoneurella eremophila
Golden-browed Resin Bee
Lasioglossum (Homalictus)
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes)
Lipotriches
Megachile deanii
Red-headed Masked Bee
Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus
Xanthesma (Xenohesma)
Alice Springs Fauna Alice Springs Native Bees
Alice Springs Beetles
Alice Springs Birds
Alice Springs Gastropods (Gastropoda)
Alice Springs Insects
Alice Springs Marsupials
Alice Springs Reptiles
Alice Springs Spiders
Alice Springs Flora Alice Springs Flora Index
Acacia ligulata
Annual Yellowtop
Apple Bush
Bougainvillea
Burdekin Plum
Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqa)
Cattle Bush
Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica)
Desert Oak
Eremophila Wildberry
Feijoa sellowiana
Flannel Cudweed
Fork-leaf Corkwood
Ghost Gum
Golden Everlasting
Kurrajong
Lemon-flowered Gum
MacDonnell’s Desert Fuchsia
Native Bluebell
Native Tomato
Needlewood
Olive Tree
Perennial Yellow Top
Rat’s Tail
River Red Gum
Inland River Red Gum
Rosy Dock
Round-leaved Mallee
Scurvy Grass
Silky Eremophila
Stemodia viscosa
Striped Mintbush
Sturt’s Desert Pea
Sturt’s Desert Rose
Tangled Leschenaultia
Tar Vine
Weeping Bottlebrush
White Cedar
Yellow Billybutton
Yellow-keeled Swainsona
Yellow Oleander