Exoneura perpensa

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Exoneura perpensa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. perpensa
Binomial name
Exoneura perpensa
Cockerell, 1922 [1] [2]

Exoneura perpensa, or Exoneura (Exoneura) perpensa, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1922 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Description

The body length of is 6 mm. Colouration is mainly black, with the abdomen a dull, clouded red. [1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in New South Wales and Victoria. The type locality is Armidale; another published locality is Portland. [2]

Behaviour

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cockerell, TDA (1922). "Australian bees in the Queensland Museum". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 7: 257–279 [277]. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Exoneura) perpensa Cockerell, 1922". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-11.


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