Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Cockerell, 1910)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 3 January 1923

Rediscovered: 3 February 2019

Distribution

New South Wales & Queensland, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Descriptions and records of bees. XXX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6: 17-31.

Other references:

Dorey, James B. (2021). Missing for almost 100 years: the rare and potentially threatened bee, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 81: 165-180.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bee-australia-extinct-found-rare-b1807608.html

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/rare-bee-found-after-100-years-but-under-pressure-to-survive-study-75735

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