Euryglossina proctotrypoides, or Euryglossina (Euryglossina) proctotrypoides, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Euryglossinae. It was described in 1913 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.
Distribution and habitat The species occurs in eastern Australia. The type locality is Croydon, Victoria. The species has been introduced to New Zealand, and was established there by 1979.
Behaviour The adults are flying mellivores. They have sedentary larvae, nesting in beetle burrows in wood. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Angophora, Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum and Melaleuca species.
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