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Leioproctus

Leioproctus
Leioproctus-fulvescens.jpg
Leioproctus fulvescens, Otago, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Tribe: Paracolletini
Genus: Leioproctus
F. Smith, 1853
Type species
Leioproctus imitatus Smith, 1853 

Leioproctus is a genus in the plaster bee family Colletidae. Its members are primarily found in Australasia and temperate South America, and include the most common native bees in New Zealand. It contains the following species:


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