Braunsapis plebeia

Braunsapis plebeia
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Braunsapis
Species:
B. plebeia
Binomial name
Braunsapis plebeia
Synonyms
  • Allodape plebeia Cockerell, 1929

Braunsapis plebeia is a species of bee in the family Apidae and the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1929 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in all Australia's mainland states as well as the Northern Territory. The type locality is Thursday Island.[2][1]

Behaviour

The bees nest in dead, dry, woody twigs, such as those of Stachys. Several females may occupy one nest, with the larvae of various ages found together, not in separate cells.[2]

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Plectronia species.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cockerell, TDA (1929). "Bees from the Australian region". American Museum Novitates. 346: 1–18 [15].
  2. ^ a b c d e "Species Braunsapis plebeia (Cockerell, 1929)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-24.


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