Trichocolletes chrysostomus is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1929 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Trichocolletes |
| Species: | T. chrysostomus |
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| Trichocolletes chrysostomus | |
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Description
editDistribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in coastal Western Australia and southern South Australia. The type locality is Eradu.[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Dillwynia uncinata, Daviesia incrassata, Daviesia brevifolia, Jacksonia cupulifera and Bossiaea species.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 Cockerell, TDA (1929). "Bees in the Australian Museum collection" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 17: 199–243 [202]. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Species Trichocolletes chrysostomus (Cockerell, 1929)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
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