Gold Coast BeesNomia Bee (Lipotriches australica)
The commonly name Green and Gold Nomia or Nomia Bee (recently renamed Lipotriches australica) are distinguished with their almost gold bands of fur and long antennae. The male of the species are often found in groups together at night.
With their golden bands of fur and long antennae, these males form extraordinary clusters at night.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Halictidae
- Subfamily: Nomiinae
- Genus: Lipotriches
- Subgenus: infrageneric Austronomia
- Species: Lipotriches australica
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Many thanks to Gary Taylor for confirmation of ID, member of Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees/
- Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica – Overview – Occurrence records map (1,762 records) – as of 21 January 2022, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a2d7242-f1d6-46d4-925a-a7ac5d9a2434
- Native australica nomiine, Australian Pollinators, PaDIL, https://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/pest/main/138544
- Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica, Canberra Nature Map, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4374929
Gold Coast BeesNomia Bee (Lipotriches australica)
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