Xanthesma
| Xanthesma | |
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| Xanthesma clara (female) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Subfamily: | Euryglossinae |
| Genus: | Xanthesma Michener, 1965 |
Xanthesma is a genus of Australian bees in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It was first described in 1965 by Charles Duncan Michener, and subsequently revised by Elizabeth Exley. It contains the following subgenera:
- Xanthesma (Argohesma) (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma (Chaetohesma) Exley, 1978
- Xanthesma (Xanthesma) Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma (Xenohesma) Michener, 1965
Species
The following list is of 47 valid names given at both IRMNG and at AFD:
- Xanthesma argosomata Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma baringa (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma blanda (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma brachycera (Cockerell, 1914)
- Xanthesma chrysea (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma clara (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma clethrosema (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma clypearis (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma dasycephala Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma deloschema (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma eremica (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma euxesta (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma evansi (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma fasciata (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma federalis (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma flava Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma flavicauda (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma foveolata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma furcifera (Cockerell, 1913)
- Xanthesma hirsutoscapa (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma infuscata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma isae (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma lasiosomata Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma levis (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma lucida (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma lukinsiana (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma lutea Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma maculata (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma megacephala (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma megastigma (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma melanoclypearis (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma merredensis Exley, 1974
- Xanthesma micheneri Exley, 1978
- Xanthesma newmanensis (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma nigrior Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma nukarnensis (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma parva Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma primaria (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma robusta (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma scutellaris (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma sigaloessa (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma stagei (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma striolata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma trisulca Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma tuberculata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma villosula (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma vittata Exley, 1969
References
- ↑ "Xanthesma Michener, 1965". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- 1 2 "IRMNG - Xanthesma Michener, 1965". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ↑ Michener, Charles Duncan (1965). "A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 130: 1-362 [97]. hdl:2246/1124. Wikidata Q93868050.
- 1 2 "Names List for Xanthesma Michener, 1965". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
Further reading
- Michener, Charles Duncan (2007). The Bees of the World (2nd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 992. ISBN 978-0-8018-8573-0. LCCN 2006023201. OCLC 70660080. OL 7871591M. Wikidata Q95185874.
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