Exoneura botanica

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Exoneura botanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. botanica
Binomial name
Exoneura botanica
Cockerell, 1905 [1] [2]

Exoneura botanica, or Exoneura (Brevineura) botanica, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1905 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in New South Wales. The type locality is Botany, Sydney. [2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. V". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (16): 465–477 [465].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Brevineura) botanica Cockerell, 1905". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-08.


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