{{Short description|Genus of bees}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Xanthesma clara f.jpg | image_caption = ''Xanthesma clara'' (female) | taxon = Xanthesma | authority = Michener, 1965 }}
'''''Xanthesma''''' is a genus of Australian bees in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Xanthesma'' Michener, 1965 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1350410 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref> It was first described in 1965 by Charles Duncan Michener, and subsequently revised by Elizabeth Exley.<ref name="irmng">{{Cite web |title=IRMNG - ''Xanthesma'' Michener, 1965 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1257909 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.irmng.org}}</ref><ref name=michener>{{cite Q|Q93868050|pages=1-362 [97]}}</ref> It contains the following subgenera:<ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Xanthesma;EURYGLOSSINAE/names|title= Names List for Xanthesma Michener, 1965|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2026|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2026-02-11}}</ref> * ''Xanthesma (Argohesma)'' {{Au|(Exley, 1969)}} * ''Xanthesma (Chaetohesma)'' {{Au|Exley, 1978}} * ''Xanthesma (Xanthesma)'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}} * ''Xanthesma (Xenohesma)'' {{Au|Michener, 1965}}
==Species== The following list is of 47 valid names given at both IRMNG<ref name=irmng/> and at AFD:<ref name="afd"/> {{div col|colwidth=266px}} *''Xanthesma argosomata'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma baringa'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma blanda'' {{small|(Smith, 1879)}} *''Xanthesma brachycera'' {{small|(Cockerell, 1914)}} *''Xanthesma chrysea'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma clara'' {{small|(Exley, 1974)}} *''Xanthesma clethrosema'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma clypearis'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma dasycephala'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma deloschema'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma eremica'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma euxesta'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma evansi'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma fasciata'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma federalis'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma flava'' {{small|Michener, 1965}} *''Xanthesma flavicauda'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma foveolata'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma furcifera'' {{small|(Cockerell, 1913)}} *''Xanthesma hirsutoscapa'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma infuscata'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma isae'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma lasiosomata'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma levis'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma lucida'' {{small|(Exley, 1974)}} *''Xanthesma lukinsiana'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma lutea'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma maculata'' {{small|(Smith, 1879)}} *''Xanthesma megacephala'' {{small|(Exley, 1974)}} *''Xanthesma megastigma'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma melanoclypearis'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma merredensis'' {{small|Exley, 1974}} *''Xanthesma micheneri'' {{small|Exley, 1978}} *''Xanthesma newmanensis'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma nigrior'' {{small|Michener, 1965}} *''Xanthesma nukarnensis'' {{small|(Exley, 1974)}} *''Xanthesma parva'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma primaria'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma robusta'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma scutellaris'' {{small|(Michener, 1965)}} *''Xanthesma sigaloessa'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma stagei'' {{small|(Exley, 1969)}} *''Xanthesma striolata'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma trisulca'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} *''Xanthesma tuberculata'' {{small|(Exley, 1978)}} *''Xanthesma villosula'' {{small|(Smith, 1879)}} *''Xanthesma vittata'' {{small|Exley, 1969}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite Q|Q95185874}}
==External links== {{Commonscat|Xanthesma|<br>Xanthesma|position=left}}
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Category:Xanthesma Category:Bee genera Category:Bees of Australia Category:Insects described in 1965 Category:Taxa named by Charles Duncan Michener
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