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Leioproctus insitus
Leioproctus insitus, or Leioproctus (Minycolletes) insitus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by Australian entomologist Glynn Maynard in 2013.
From the article Leioproctus insitus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Female body length is about 7 mm, male body length 6 mm. Integumental colouration is brown to black. The hair is white to pale brown.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in eastern Australia. The type locality is 3.2 km south of Nanango, in south-east Queensland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Leptospermum species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet insitus is Latin for "border" or "flounce", referring to an apical fringe on the male metasoma.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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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 1167543.