| Exoneura | |
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| Exoneura richardsoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Allodapini |
| Genus: | Exoneura Smith, 1854 |
Exoneura (also called the Reed bee) is a genus of social bees belonging to the taxonomic family Apidae.[1] This genus has glossy black head and thorax with a black or red-orange abdomen. The species of this genus are found only in Australia, often in small burrows they dig up themselves.[1] Members of this genus are generally 8 millimeters (mm) in length.[2] This species is parasitized by members of the genus Inquilina. This relationship with Inquilina has been going on for approximately 15 million years.[3]
- ^ a b "Exoneura Smith, 1854". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Reed Bees (Exoneura)". www.aussiebee.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ Shokri Bousjein, Nahid; Tierney, Simon M.; Gardner, Michael G.; Schwarz, Michael P. (February 2022). "Does effective population size affect rates of molecular evolution: Mitochondrial data for host/parasite species pairs in bees suggests not". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (2): e8562. Bibcode:2022EcoEv..12E8562S. doi:10.1002/ece3.8562. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 8820120. PMID 35154650.