Trichocolletes leucogenys

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

This bee has been found in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

This bee is approximately 12 millimetres long.

Notes:

These male bees were found attending the flowers of Hardenbergia comptoniana.

These photographs were taken in September.

Associations:

Hardenbergia comptoniana

References:

Identification courtesy of Kit Prendergast (Forrest Scholar and PhD candidate, Curtin University).

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e991bf70-7ae8-44a2-a609-accbfbb6fa2d

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