ColletidaeAmphylaeus obscuriceps Hylaeus spp – Masked Bee Callomelitta antipodes Leioproctus Neopasiphae mirabilis Paracolletes crassipes Paracolletes nigrocinctus Trichocolletes

Photographs © Gary Taylor

Antipodes Callomelitta, species Callomelitta antipodes, is currently documented in eastern region of New South Wales, Victoria, south-east of South Australia, Tasmania and southern Western Australia. The photos here were taken in the Mid West of Western Australia.

Callomelitta antipodes, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Antipodes Callomelitta (species Callomelitta antipodes), Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Callomelitta antipodes, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Antipodes Callomelitta (species Callomelitta antipodes), Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Callomelitta antipodes, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Antipodes Callomelitta (species Callomelitta antipodes), Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Suborder: Apocrita
  • Infraorder: Aculeata
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Epifamily: Anthophila
  • Family: Colletidae
  • Subfamily: Callomelittinae
  • Genus: Callomelitta
  • Species: Callomelitta antipodes

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Callomelitta antipodes, Mid West WA © Gary Taylor
  2. Antipodes Callomelitta (Callomelitta antipodes), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/578185-Callomelitta-antipodes

ColletidaeAmphylaeus obscuriceps Hylaeus spp – Masked Bee Callomelitta antipodes Leioproctus Neopasiphae mirabilis Paracolletes crassipes Paracolletes nigrocinctus Trichocolletes

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