Euryglossa frenchii

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Euryglossa frenchii
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Euryglossa
Species:
E. frenchii
Binomial name
Euryglossa frenchii
Cockerell, 1910 [1] [2]

Euryglossa frenchii is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. Localities where it has been recorded include Broken Hill and Wentworth in New South Wales, Hattah in Victoria, and Mount Serle and Golden Grove in South Australia. [2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eucalyptus species. [2]

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Male

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1910). "Descriptions and records of bees. XXXI". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (6): 160–168 [167].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Euryglossa frenchii Cockerell, 1910". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-30.


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