Euhesma

Euhesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Colletidae
Subfamily: Diphaglossinae
Genus: Euhesma
Michener

Euhesma is a genus within the bee family Colletidae found in Australia. There are around 46 species with maybe 20 more yet to be described. The group lacks strong unifying features and maybe further split in the future. The type species is Euhesma wahlenbergiae.[1]

Species

The following list is of valid names given at ITIS, citing the Australian Faunal Directory:[2]

Subgenus Euhesma (Euhesma) Michener, 1965

Subgenus Euhesma (Parahesma) Michener, 1965

References

  1. Michener, Duncan Charles (2000). The bees of the world. JHU Press. pp. 216217. ISBN 0-8018-6133-0. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. "Euhesma Michener, 1965". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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