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Images and Contributor Author Marc Newman ◦
Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus.
These bees are specialists on Persoonia flowers “Geebungs (Snottygobbles in Western Australia)”.
Many thanks to Marc Newman for his photograph of the Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Colletidae
- Subfamily: Neopasiphaeinae
- Genus: Leioproctus
- Subgenus:
- Infrageneric Cladocerapis
- Species: Leioproctus bipectinatus
Footnote & References
- Photograph Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus (Smith, 1857), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:214a7007-1568-4846-94db-a389e7a42507
- Native bipectinatus colletid, PaDIL, https://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/pest/main/138883/20946
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