Exoneura hackeri

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Exoneura hackeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. hackeri
Binomial name
Exoneura hackeri
Cockerell, 1913 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Exoneura angophorae hackeriCockerell, 1913
  • Exoneura insularisCockerell, 1914

Exoneura hackeri, or Exoneura (Exoneura) hackeri, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1913 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland. Type localities include Sunnybank in Brisbane, and Stradbroke Island. [2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores with sedentary larvae. They nest in the dead, dry stems of plants on rainforest margins. Two or more adult females may occupy one nest, though not all females lay eggs. All the immature stages may be found in the communal chamber, with the larvae fed progressively. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Hibbertia and Leptospermum species. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1913). "Some Australian bees". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 65: 28–44 [29].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Exoneura) hackeri Cockerell, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-09.


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