New bee species from northern Queensland, Australia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae)

Leijs, Remko; Hogendoorn, Katja

doi:10.1111/aen.12572

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“…Most Australian bees are relative specialist and forage on Australian native plants in the family Myrtaceae (Michener, 1965). Many new species, possibly including endangered ones, are still being described (e.g., Leijs et al, 2018;Leijs and Hogendoorn, 2021). By contrast, New Zealand has a relatively poor bee fauna as a result of their recent origin and geographical isolation.…”

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The conservation of urban flower visitors Down Under

Iwasaki

Hogendoorn²

2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The majority of the human population now lives in urban environments and that proportion is forecast to increase dramatically by 2050. As urbanization increases, the urban environment will increasingly play a role in biodiversity conservation. Floral visitors, often erroneously referred to as pollinators, are integral to the maintenance of ecosystem services and function. Several floral visitors are capable of adapting to urban environments, but for comprehensive protection, management practices must be tailored to specific groups. Urban biodiversity conservation is usually discussed from the northern hemisphere perspective, which has a very different ecology than its southern counterpart. Here we compare and contrast conservation strategies for urban flower visitors in Australia and New Zealand to the northern hemisphere, with a focus on birds and bees. The differences in flower visitors and floral characteristics mean that unique management strategies, which consider the local evolutionary context and integrate native flora, are required to support urban flower visitors. An additional important difference is that neither honey bees nor bumble bees, which reach high local densities in many areas, are native to the region, and thus should be excluded from urban biodiversity schemes.

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Section: The Perspectives Down Undermentioning

confidence: 99%

The conservation of urban flower visitors Down Under

Iwasaki

Hogendoorn²

2023

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New insect family for Australia: Chrysostylops australiensis Benda & Straka, gen. et sp. nov. (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) described from Chrysocolletes aureus Leijs & Hogendoorn, 2021 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)

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Leijs

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Austral Entomology

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A new genus and species of Strepsiptera, Chrysostylops australiensis Benda & Straka, gen. et sp. nov., is described. It represents the first record of the family Stylopidae from Australia. It was parasitising the bee species Chrysocolletes aureus Leijs & Hogendoorn, 2021 (Neopasiphaeinae). The diagnosis and description of the genus and species are provided based on the characters of the female cephalothorax. Diagnostic characters are discussed. The male and first instar larvae of C. australiensis are unknown. We removed Hylecthrini Ulrich, 1930 reinst. stat. from synonymy based on the specific sculpture on the female cephalothorax. The tribe is specialised for bees of the family Colletidae.

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New bee species from northern Queensland, Australia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae)

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

The conservation of urban flower visitors Down Under

The conservation of urban flower visitors Down Under

New insect family for Australia: Chrysostylops australiensis Benda & Straka, gen. et sp. nov. (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) described from Chrysocolletes aureus Leijs & Hogendoorn, 2021 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)

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