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Pachyprosopis mirabilis
Pachyprosopis mirabilis, or Pachyprosopis (Pachyprosopis) mirabilis, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in 1908.
From the article Pachyprosopis mirabilis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The female body length is 5 mm. Integumental colouration is mainly black, with ferruginous and yellow markings.
Range & habitat
The species occurs over much of Australia. The type locality is given simply as North Queensland, without further location details.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Angophora, Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Lomatia, Melaleuca and Tristaniopsis species.
== 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 892276.