Exoneurella
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| Exoneurella | |
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| Exoneurella lawsoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Clade: | Anthophila |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Tribe: | Allodapini |
| Genus: | Exoneurella Michener, 1963[1][2] |
Exoneurella is a genus of bees in the family Apidae and the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1963 by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener.[1][2] The genus is closely related to Exoneura, the reed bees. Michener says of the behavioural differences:
"The immature stages of Exoneurella live together in a hollow pithy stem as in Exoneura and not in separate cells as in Ceratina. The individual females are solitary, not forming associations of several adult females in a single nest such as occur in Exoneura and Allodapula.[1]
