Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs BeesAmegilla Bee Braunsapis sp Bright-white Masked Bee Bush Bee Ceylalictus perditellus European Honey Bee Exoneurella eremophila Golden-browed Resin Bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) eremaean Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) Lipotriches Megachile deanii Red-headed Masked Bee Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus Xanthesma (Xenohesma)
A subgenus of the genus Lasioglossum, Chilalictus (Atlas of Living Australia, at the time of writing 2 August 2024) included 139 recognised species (although some sources say that there are more then 200 species), which include the species Lasioglossum eremaean.
The specimen pictured here was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs. At the time, it was thought the native bee was deceased, but once removed from the water, it started to move. After placing it on a nearby plant, after shaking its wings and abdomen, it eventually dried off enough to fly away,.
See our section on Lasioglossum > Lasioglossum (Chilalictus).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Halictidae
- Subfamily: Halictinae
- Genus: Lasioglossum
- Subgenus: infrageneric Chilalictus
- Species: Lasioglossum eremaean
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/
- Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) eremaean Walker, 1995, Sweat Bee, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cc026e70-53e3-44f5-b9f1-3098a641c8ef
Alice Springs BeesAmegilla Bee Braunsapis sp Bright-white Masked Bee Bush Bee Ceylalictus perditellus European Honey Bee Exoneurella eremophila Golden-browed Resin Bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) eremaean Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) Lipotriches Megachile deanii Red-headed Masked Bee Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus Xanthesma (Xenohesma)
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