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Leioproctus pilotapilus
Leioproctus pilotapilus, or Leioproctus (Colletellus) pilotapilus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by entomologist Remko Leijs in 2018.
From the article Leioproctus pilotapilus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The female holotype body length is 6.6 mm, head width 1.8 mm; the male allotype body length 5.9 mm, head width 1.85 mm. Integumental colouration is mainly black, orange and brown. The hair is white to brown.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in inland Western Australia. The type locality is 41 km east of Charlies Knob, in the Young Range of the Gibson Desert.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Podolepis canescens, Schoenia cassiniana and Helipterum craspedioides.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1164348.