Hesperocolletes douglasi

Taxobox
name = "Hesperocolletes douglasi"
status = EX
status_system =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Colletidae
subfamilia = Colletidae
genus = "Hesperocolletes"
species = "H. douglasi"
binomial = "Hesperocolletes douglasi"
binomial_authority = Michener, 1965

"Hesperocolletes douglasi", the Rottnest bee, is an extinct species describing the single specimen collected in 1938. Body was black, shiny and 12 mm long and wings were brown and up to 8 mm long. Rottnest Island contains unique flora and fauna , such as "Melaleuca lanceolata" and "Callistris preissii", and was remote from human activities. The reduction of tall or closed forested communities, initiated by frequent fire, probably led to the extinction of this 'native bee'.

See also

* Australian native bee

References

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