Tosticauda Resin Bee
S1, Female, Face
Ellura
Black Resin Bee
Dorsal, Wings Open
 
                      
Tosticauda Resin Bee (Megachile (Hackeriapis) tosticauda)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Leafcutter Bee (Bee: Megachilidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Tosticauda Resin Bee (Megachile (Hackeriapis) tosticauda)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Female, ventral🔎

Thank you Asaph (Asaph01) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long Female.
We weren't sure if this was a female, but Asaph said "Males are tiny, like, Homalictus tiny".

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Jan-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.