Ctenocolletes ordensis

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Ctenocolletes ordensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Stenotritidae
Genus: Ctenocolletes
Species:
C. ordensis
Binomial name
Ctenocolletes ordensis
Michener, 1965 [1] [2]

Ctenocolletes ordensis is a species of bee in the family Stenotritidae. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1965 by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener. [1] [2]

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Description

The body length of males is 14–16 mm; that of females 17–18 mm. [3]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in southern inland Western Australia. The associated habitat is mulga shrubland. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Acacia , Cassia , Grevillea and Scaevola species. [3] [2]

Behaviour

The adults are solitary, flying mellivores that nest in burrows dug in soil; the larvae are sedentary. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Michener, CD (1965). "A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 130: 1–362 [267].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Ctenocolletes ordensis Michener, 1965". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  3. 1 2 Houston, TF (1983). "A Revision of the Bee Genus Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 10 (3): 269–306 [289].


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