Euhesma filicis
Appearance
| Euhesma filicis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Euhesma |
| Species: | E. filicis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euhesma filicis | |
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Euhesma filicis, or Euhesma (Euhesma) filicis, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1926 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in Victoria. The type locality is Ferntree Gully.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The adults are flying mellivores.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1926). "Descriptions and records of bees. CXII". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18: 216–227 [217].
- 1 2 3 4 "Species Euhesma (Euhesma) filicis (Cockerell, 1926)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-04-29.