{{Short description|Genus of bees}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pachyprosopis.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Pachyprosopis | authority = Perkins, 1908 }}
'''''Pachyprosopis''''' is a genus of bees in the family Colletidae. It comprises 23 species in three subgenera.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Houston |first=Terry |title=A Guide to Native Bees of Australia |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=9781486304066 |pages=134,136}}</ref> These bees are endemic to Australia, with records from all states and territories.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Michener |first=Charles |title=The Bees of the World |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780801885730 |edition=2nd |location=Baltimore |pages=231-232}}</ref> They have a robust build, are almost hairless, and are usually around 4–7mm long.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacobi |first=Bernhard |title=Native Bees of Australia |publisher=Reed New Holland Publishers |year=2025 |isbn=9781760796372 |pages=85}}</ref> In almost every species, the female has an apical spine on the labrum, and most species exhibit strong sexual dimorphism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Exley |first=Elizabeth |date=1971-01-01 |title=Revision of the Genus Pachyprosopis Perkins (Apoidea: Colletidae) |url=https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_er/201 |journal=Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=3–43}}</ref> They almost exclusively visit flowers from the Myrtaceae family.<ref name=":1" /> They have been recorded nesting in beetle burrows in an old tree stump, as well as in termite soil in eucalypt hollows.<ref name=":0" />
== Species == Three subgenera have been named: ''Pachyprosopis'', ''Pachyprosopula'', and ''Parapachyprosopis''. === Pachyprosopis === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Name !ITIS TSN !Image {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q669896<!-- Pachyprosopis cornuta -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q10803669<!-- Pachyprosopis georgica -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2453536<!-- Pachyprosopis hackeri -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2223058<!-- Pachyprosopis haematostoma -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2366121<!-- Pachyprosopis holoxanthopus -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2535013<!-- Pachyprosopis mirabilis -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2862056<!-- Pachyprosopis psilosomata -->}} |}
=== Pachyprosopula === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Name !ITIS TSN !Image {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2265727<!-- Pachyprosopis flava -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2436882<!-- Pachyprosopis flavicauda -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2357482<!-- Pachyprosopis kellyi -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2884127<!-- Pachyprosopis kununurra -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2110832<!-- Pachyprosopis purnongensis -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2686459<!-- Pachyprosopis trichopoda -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2326961<!-- Pachyprosopis xanthodonta -->}} |}
=== Parapachyprosopis === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Name !ITIS TSN !Image {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q1851837<!-- Pachyprosopis angophorae -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2073841<!-- Pachyprosopis eucalypti -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2588374<!-- Pachyprosopis eucyrta -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q1955766<!-- Pachyprosopis grossoscapus -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2396135<!-- Pachyprosopis indicans -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q1857810<!-- Pachyprosopis melanognathus -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2257372<!-- Pachyprosopis plebeia -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2383405<!-- Pachyprosopis sternotricha -->}} {{Wdtable row/species3|qid=Q2299975<!-- Pachyprosopis xanthometopa -->}} |}
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Category:Colletidae Category:Bee genera Category:Bees of Australia