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Callohesma is a genus of plasterer bees in the subfamily Euryglossinae. It was described, as a subgenus of Euryglossa, by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener in 1965, and revised by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley in 1974. It is endemic to Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyColletidae

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Specimen records
227
Family
Colletidae
Collections
NMV, KU, WAM
Recorded in
Australia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Colletidae
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Callohesma campbelli.jpg
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taxon name
Callohesma
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Callohesma
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Callohesma
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Callohesma is a genus of plasterer bees in the subfamily Euryglossinae. It was described, as a subgenus of Euryglossa, by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener in 1965, and revised by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley in 1974. It is endemic to Australia.

==Species== As of 2026 the genus contained some 34 described species: Callohesma albiceris Callohesma aurantifera Callohesma aureopicta Callohesma calliopsella Callohesma calliopsiformis Callohesma campbelli Callohesma chlora Callohesma coolgardensis Callohesma eustonensis Callohesma euxantha Callohesma flava Callohesma flavopicta Callohesma geminata Callohesma karratha Callohesma lacteipennis Callohesma lucida Callohesma matthewsi Callohesma megachlora Callohesma nigripicta Callohesma occidentalis Callohesma ornatula Callohesma pedalis Callohesma picta Callohesma quadrimaculata Callohesma queenslandensis Callohesma recta Callohesma rieki Callohesma setula Callohesma sinapipes Callohesma skermani Callohesma splendens Callohesma sulphurea Callohesma tibialis Callohesma townsvillensis

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