Xanthesma
Genus of bees
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Xanthesma is a genus of Australian bees in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae.[1] It was first described in 1965 by Charles Duncan Michener, and subsequently revised by Elizabeth Exley.[2][3] It contains the following subgenera:[4]
- Xanthesma (Argohesma) (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma (Chaetohesma) Exley, 1978
- Xanthesma (Xanthesma) Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma (Xenohesma) Michener, 1965
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Subfamily: | Euryglossinae |
| Genus: | Xanthesma Michener, 1965 |
Species
The following list is of 47 valid names given at both IRMNG[2] and at AFD:[4]
- Xanthesma argosomata Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma baringa (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma blanda (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma brachycera (Cockerell, 1914)
- Xanthesma chrysea (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma clara (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma clethrosema (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma clypearis (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma dasycephala Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma deloschema (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma eremica (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma euxesta (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma evansi (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma fasciata (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma federalis (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma flava Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma flavicauda (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma foveolata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma furcifera (Cockerell, 1913)
- Xanthesma hirsutoscapa (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma infuscata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma isae (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma lasiosomata Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma levis (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma lucida (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma lukinsiana (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma lutea Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma maculata (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma megacephala (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma megastigma (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma melanoclypearis (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma merredensis Exley, 1974
- Xanthesma micheneri Exley, 1978
- Xanthesma newmanensis (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma nigrior Michener, 1965
- Xanthesma nukarnensis (Exley, 1974)
- Xanthesma parva Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma primaria (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma robusta (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma scutellaris (Michener, 1965)
- Xanthesma sigaloessa (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma stagei (Exley, 1969)
- Xanthesma striolata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma trisulca Exley, 1969
- Xanthesma tuberculata (Exley, 1978)
- Xanthesma villosula (Smith, 1879)
- Xanthesma vittata Exley, 1969
