TrichocolletesTrichocolletes dives Trichocolletes orientalis Trichocolletes pulcherrimus Trichocolletes rufibasis

Images and Author Marc Newman

The Trichocolletes dives male was captured and cooled for these photos. Location was Mingenew in Western Australia.

Was on a Daviesia brachyphylla, a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman
Trichocolletes dives, Mingenew WA © Marc Newman

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Informal: Apiformes
  • Family: Colletidae
  • Subfamily: Colletinae
  • Genus: Trichocolletes
  • Species: Trichocolletes dives

Footnote & References

  1. Trichocolletes dives, Photographs and content © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
  2. Batley, Michael, and Terry F. Houston, 2012. Revision of the Australian bee genus Trichocolletes Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletini). Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 1–50. [Published 23 May 2012]. Australian Museum Scientific Publications, https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/24792/1589_complete.pdf

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