Hesperocolletes douglasi
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| Hesperocolletes douglasi Michener, 1965 |
Hesperocolletes douglasi, the Rottnest bee, is an extinct species describing the single specimen collected in 1938. Body was black, shiny and 12 mm long and wings were brown and up to 8 mm long. Rottnest Island contains unique flora and fauna , such as Melaleuca lanceolata and Callistris preissii, and was remote from human activities. The reduction of tall or closed forested communities, initiated by frequent fire, probably led to the extinction of this 'native bee'.
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- Burbidge, Andrew A [2004]. Threatened animals of Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 145. ISBN 0 7307 5549 5. “The change in vegetation probably eliminated the food plants on which the native bee depended.”
