Callohesma
Sign in to saveCallohesma 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 227
- Family
- Colletidae
- Collections
- NMV, KU, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Colletidae
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- Callohesma campbelli.jpg
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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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