Exoneura ploratula

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Exoneura ploratula
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. ploratula
Binomial name
Exoneura ploratula
Cockerell, 1912 [1] [2]

Exoneura ploratula, or Exoneura (Brevineura) ploratula, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1912 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern mainland Australia. The type locality is Sydney. [2]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores with sedentary larvae. They nest in dead, dry plant stems. 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 Angophora , Bursaria , Callistemon , Jacksonia and Xanthorrhoea species. [2]

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Male

References

  1. 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1912). "Descriptions and records of bees. XLII". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (9): 220–229 [224].
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Brevineura) ploratula Cockerell, 1912". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-09.


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