Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura

1 Halictid Bee at Acton, ACT

Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura at Acton, ACT - 11 Mar 2022
Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura at Acton, ACT - 11 Mar 2022
Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura at Acton, ACT - 11 Mar 2022
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Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura 11 Mar 2022 michael.batley
Unidentified 11 Mar 2022 Roger

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This is quite a small bee, 5mm ish, I cant find an ID for this bee.

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   11 Mar 2022
The modified hind legs point strongly towards Lipotriches, but it is the orange tegulae that strongly suggest L. phanerura. Having said that, we have no recent revision of the genus and no reliable key to species.

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