1 Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Goniocolletes fimbriatinus | 4 Mar 2022 | michael.batley | ||
| Leioproctus (Leioproctus) platycephalus | 3 Mar 2022 | Roger |
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4 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
4 Mar 2022
Roger, I don't know how you manage to find so many interesting bees! I can't be 100% sure that this is not one of the other Goniocolletes (G. fimbriatus or G. parvus) that have a red abdomen. All three species are typically found foraging from Eucalyptus. Goniocolletes are mostly larger than typical Leioproctus species and female G. fimbriatinus are roughly 11 mm long.
Roger
wrote:
4 Mar 2022
Hi Michael, She would have been 11mm. This is one I haven't come across before, she came in to feed on a small flowering eucalyt branch, just a few flowers, most have gone due to the rain. Can I ask, what makes it different.
michael.batley
wrote:
4 Mar 2022
It is quite difficult to separate Goniocolletes from Leioproctus and there are still species that will need to be moved from one to the other. In this case, it was the relatively dense hair on the thorax, the amount of hair on the head (for a female) and something indefinable about the shape of the head that suggested it to me. Of course, the size confirms my feelings.
Under a microscope, impressed fovea on the face and the shape of the mid body section would be the defining characters.
Under a microscope, impressed fovea on the face and the shape of the mid body section would be the defining characters.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111262-35.326508
- Altitude 658.6m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Mar 2022 03:23 PM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Goniocolletes fimbriatinus Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 658.6m to 702.58m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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