Exoneura variabilis

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Exoneura variabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exoneura
Species:
E. variabilis
Binomial name
Exoneura variabilis
Rayment, 1949 [1] [2]

Exoneura variabilis, or Exoneura (Exoneura) variabilis, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1949 by Australian entomologist Tarlton Rayment. [1] [2]

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Description

The head and thorax are black, the abdomen ferruginous-red. [1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland. The type locality is Narooma. [2] [1]

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores with sedentary larvae. They nest in dead, dry plant stems, including those of Deeringia , Hydrangea , Plectranthus , Rubus and Lantana . Flowering plants visited by the bees include Bursaria , Erigeron , Helichrysum , Leucopogon and Lomatia . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rayment, T (1949). "New bees and wasps—Part IX. Four undescribed species of Exoneura, with notes on their collection, and description of new parasites discovered on the genus". Victorian Naturalist. 65: 247–254 [252]. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Exoneura (Exoneura) variabilis Rayment, 1949". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-19.


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