Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Colletidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Genus Leioproctus | |
Leioproctus carinatifrons is a species of Australian bee. It is found in coastal regions of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, and feeds on the nectar of various species of Persoonia. It was first described in 1929 by T. D. A. Cockerell as Paracolletes carinatifrons. Males are around 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long, and females 7 mm (0.28 in). It is closely related to L. perpolitus from Western Australia
References
Leioproctus carinatifrons Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA