Exoneura schwarzi
| Exoneura schwarzi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Exoneura |
| Species: | E. schwarzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Exoneura schwarzi | |
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Exoneura schwarzi, or Exoneura (Inquilina) schwarzi, is a species of reed bee in the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1983 by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-eastern Australia, with the type locality Brooklyn, New South Wales. It has also been recorded from the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria.[2][1]
Behaviour
The adults are flying mellivores. They are kleptoparasitic inquilines in the nests of Exoneura bicolor and, conjecturally, in those of Exoneura bicincta and Exoneura hamulata. All immature stages are found in the communal chamber, with the larvae fed progressively.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Michener, CD (1983). "The parasitic Australian allodapine genus Inquilina (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56: 555–559 [558].
- ^ a b c d "Species Exoneura (Inquilina) schwarzi Michener, 1983". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-13.