Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes
The Austrothurgus species are a small group of bees commonly described as lithurgine bees (subfamily Lithurginae, tribe: Lithurgini).
They are robust looking black coloured bees (their head, thorax and abdomen), that have white to brown apical bands of setae on the terga. T6 of females is covered with reddish-brown setae (Gonzalez, Engel & Griswold, 2013).2,3,4
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Megachilidae
- Subfamily: Lithurginae
- Tribe: Lithurgini
- Genus: Austrothurgus
- Species:
- Austrothurgus cognatus (Smith, 1868)
- Austrothurgus malgaru Gonzalez, Engel & Griswold, 2013
- Austrothurgus rubricatus (Smith, 1853)
Footnote & References
- Photographs Austrothurgus, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
- Female Austrothurgus, https://www.yorku.ca/bugsrus/resources/galleries/img_btow/Austrothurgus%20F.jpg
- Tribe: Lithurgini, Dr Laurence Packer, York Univerity, https://www.yorku.ca/bugsrus/resources/galleries/btow#Lithurgini
- Austrothurgus Gonzalez, Engel & Griswold, 2013, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https:/biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8c3f9e33-0249-48f7-a3de-0a6573a2c0d4
- Genus Austrothurgus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/628569-Austrothurgus
Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes
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