Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Lithurgini
Genus: Austrothurgus Gonzalez and Engel, 2013
Subgenera: none
Common name: none
Austrothurgus are robust, black bees that range in body length from 10–15 mm (Gonzalez et al. 2013). The head, thorax, and abdomen are generally black, and they have white to brown apical bands of setae on the terga. T6 of females is covered with reddish-brown setae (Gonzalez et al. 2013).
Austrothurgus contains 3 species worldwide (Gonzalez et al. 2013); none are known to occur in the U.S or Canada.
(modified from Gonzalez et al. 2013)
Austrothurgus looks like Lithurgus and Lithurgopsis, however, they can be distinguished from one another by the characteristics listed above (Gonzalez et al. 2013).
There are no known invasives.
Floral associations are unknown.
Austrothurgus is endemic to Australia (Gonzalez et al. 2013).
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