Brachyhesma

{{Short description|Genus of bees}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Brachyhesma sulphurella, australia, back 2014-11-22-13.11.01 ZS PMax (15858835351).jpg | image_caption = ''Brachyhesma sulphurella'' | display_parents = 4 | taxon = Brachyhesma | authority = Michener, 1965<ref name="michener1965">{{cite journal|last1= Michener |first1=CD|last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=1965 |url= |title= A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions |access-date=|journal= Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=130 |issue=|pages=1–362 |doi= |doi-access= }}</ref><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/634933f3-53aa-4fe3-bb27-85a987008c74 |title= Genus Brachyhesma Michener, 1965 |author= |date=2026|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2026-02-12}}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Brachyhesma''''' is a genus of bees in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1965 by American entomologist Charles Duncan Michener, and extensively reviewed and revised in 1977 by Australian entomologist Elizabeth Exley.<ref name="michener1965"/><ref name="afd"/><ref name="exley1977">{{cite journal|last1= Exley|first1=EM|last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=1977 |url= |title= The Australian genus Brachyhesma (Apoidea: Colletidae) revised and reviewed|access-date=|journal= Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series|volume=53|issue=|pages=1–54 |doi= |doi-access= }}</ref> ==Subgenera== There are four subgenera:<ref name="afd2"/> * ''Brachyhesma (Anomalohesma)'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma (Brachyhesma)'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}} * ''Brachyhesma (Henicohesma)'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma (Microhesma)'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}} ==Species== As of 2026 the genus contained 41 valid species:<ref name="afd2">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Brachyhesma;EURYGLOSSINAE/names |title= Names List for Brachyhesma Michener, 1965 |author= |date=2026|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2026-02-12}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=266px}} * ''Brachyhesma angularis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma antennata'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma apicalis'' {{Au|Exley, 1969}} * ''Brachyhesma aurata'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma barrowensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma bitrichopedalis'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma carnarvonensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma cavagnari'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma cooki'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}} * ''Brachyhesma dedari'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma deserticola'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma femoralis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma grossopedalis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma healesvillensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma houstoni'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma hypoxantha'' {{Au|(Rayment, 1934)}} * ''Brachyhesma incompleta'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}} * ''Brachyhesma isae'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma josephinae'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma katherinensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1974}} * ''Brachyhesma longicornis'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma macdonaldensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma matarankae'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma microxantha'' {{Au|(Cockerell, 1914)}} * ''Brachyhesma minya'' {{Au|Exley, 1975}} * ''Brachyhesma monteithae'' {{Au|Exley, 1975}} * ''Brachyhesma morvenensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1974}} * ''Brachyhesma nabarleki'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma newmanensis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma nigricornis'' {{Au|Exley, 1975}} * ''Brachyhesma paucivenata'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma perlutea'' {{Au|(Cockerell, 1916)}} * ''Brachyhesma renneri'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma rossi'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma scapata'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma storeyi'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma sulphurella'' {{Au|(Cockerell, 1913)}} * ''Brachyhesma triangularis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma trichopterota'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} * ''Brachyhesma ventralis'' {{Au|Exley, 1977}} * ''Brachyhesma wyndhami'' {{Au|Exley, 1968}} {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q14454701}} Category:Brachyhesma Category:Bee genera Category:Bees of Australia Category:Insects described in 1965 Category:Taxa named by Charles Duncan Michener {{Bee-stub}}