Lipotriches australica
| Lipotriches australica | |
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| Lipotriches australica males in a roosting aggregation | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Halictidae |
| Genus: | Lipotriches |
| Species: | L. australica
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| Binomial name | |
| Lipotriches australica (Smith, 1875)
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Lipotriches australica is a species of bee in the family Halictidae. It was described by Frederick Smith in 1875,[1] and is widely distributed across mainland Australia.[2] It is approximately the size of a European honeybee, and it is a buzz pollinator.[3] When conditions are optimal, the females can nest in dense aggregations with tens of thousands of nests per hectare.[3] The males of this species are often seen clustered together in roosting aggregations.[4] This was one of four species featured in a set of native bee postage stamps, which were available from Australia Post in 2019.[5]
References
- ^ Smith, Frederick; Smith, Frederick (1875). "Descriptions of new species of Bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 23: 53––70. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1875.tb01900.x.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica (Sweat Bee)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ a b Dorey, James (2018). Bees of Australia a Photographic Exploration. CSIRO Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4863-0849-1.
- ^ Dorey, James (2018). Bees of Australia a Photographic Exlporation. CSIRO Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4863-0849-1.
- ^ "Native Bees". Australia Post Collectables. Retrieved 2025-06-28.