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Trichocolletes rufibasis
Trichocolletes rufibasis is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1929 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.
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Description
The male body length is 12 mm. The eyes are not hairy. Colouration is mainly back, with gold, orange-brown and red markings, and with white and yellow hair.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia and South Australia. The type locality is Eradu.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Daviesia costata, Daviesia aphylla, Dryandra arborea, Mirbelia depressa and Swainsona microphylla.
== 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 1519293.