Exoneura melaena

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Exoneura melaena
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. melaena
Binomial name
Exoneura melaena
Cockerell, 1918 [1] [2]

Exoneura melaena, or Exoneura (Brevineura) melaena, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Description

The body length of the female holotype is 5 mm. [1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-east Queensland. The type locality is Caloundra. [2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. [2]

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Female

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cockerell, TDA (1918). "Some bees collected in Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 6: 112–120 [119].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Brevineura) melaena Cockerell, 1918". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-10.


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