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Leioproctus alloeopus
Leioproctus alloeopus, or Leioproctus (Protomorpha) alloeopus, 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 1991.
From the article Leioproctus alloeopus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Male body length is about 6 mm, female body length 7 mm. Integumental colouration is mainly black; the hair is mostly white.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia. The type locality is 57 km south of Leonora in the Goldfields–Esperance region.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Scaevola spinescens.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
In human culture
The specific epithet alloeopus (Greek: "different" + "foot") refers to differences between the hind legs of this and the type species of the subgenus.
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 1167602.