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Brachyhesma dedari

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ1867818 ↗
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Brachyhesma dedari, or Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma) dedari, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1968 by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia. The type locality is Dedari, some 64 km west of Coolgardie.

Behaviour

The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eucalyptus species.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Brachyhesma dedari” is species of insect. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Brachyhesma, dedari and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Brachyhesma, dedari and species is the immediate research focus.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1867818. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brachyhesma dedari” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.