<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Kit Prendergast</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:kitprendergast21@gmail.com">kitprendergast21@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 at 20:07<br>Subject: My first species I described is now published!<br>To: Adrian Dyer <<a href="mailto:adrian.dyer@rmit.edu.au">adrian.dyer@rmit.edu.au</a>>, Elizabeth Prendie <<a href="mailto:elizprendy@gmail.com">elizprendy@gmail.com</a>>, Fiona Chambers <<a href="mailto:ceo@wheenbeefoundation.org.au">ceo@wheenbeefoundation.org.au</a>>, James Dorey <<a href="mailto:jbdorey@me.com">jbdorey@me.com</a>>, Ken <<a href="mailto:kwalker@museum.vic.gov.au">kwalker@museum.vic.gov.au</a>>, Lora Flora <<a href="mailto:admin@ecoactionwa.org">admin@ecoactionwa.org</a>>, Nicole Willers <<a href="mailto:nicole.willers@dbca.wa.gov.au">nicole.willers@dbca.wa.gov.au</a>>, Nikolai 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Tom England <<a href="mailto:tom.england@stirling.wa.gov.au">tom.england@stirling.wa.gov.au</a>>, Tanya Fitzgerald <<a href="mailto:tfitzgerald@bunbury.wa.gov.au">tfitzgerald@bunbury.wa.gov.au</a>>, Costa Georgiadis <<a href="mailto:sge77523@bigpond.net.au">sge77523@bigpond.net.au</a>>, Bee Day <<a href="mailto:info@beedayaustralia.org.au">info@beedayaustralia.org.au</a>>, Indigiscapes <<a href="mailto:indigiscapes@redland.qld.gov.au">indigiscapes@redland.qld.gov.au</a>>, Watergum Community <<a href="mailto:info@watergum.org">info@watergum.org</a>>, John Skelly <<a href="mailto:john@humblebee.co.nz">john@humblebee.co.nz</a>>, <<a href="mailto:jeff.ollerton@gmail.com">jeff.ollerton@gmail.com</a>>, Nicole Lewis <<a href="mailto:nicole@ps.org.au">nicole@ps.org.au</a>>, MRWL Projects <<a href="mailto:mrwl.projects@gmail.com">mrwl.projects@gmail.com</a>>, Mario Vallejo-Marin <<a href="mailto:mario.vallejo-marin@ebc.uu.se">mario.vallejo-marin@ebc.uu.se</a>>, Projects Mrwl <<a href="mailto:projects@mrwl.org.au">projects@mrwl.org.au</a>>, NaturallyGC <<a href="mailto:naturallygc@goldcoast.qld.gov.au">naturallygc@goldcoast.qld.gov.au</a>>, David FIELD <<a href="mailto:d.field@ecu.edu.au">d.field@ecu.edu.au</a>>, Siwan Davies Busby <<a href="mailto:siwan.daviesbusby@silverbackfilms.tv">siwan.daviesbusby@silverbackfilms.tv</a>>, simon mulvany <<a href="mailto:hellobeethecure@gmail.com">hellobeethecure@gmail.com</a>>, Grove, Simon (StateGrowth) <<a href="mailto:Simon.Grove@tmag.tas.gov.au">Simon.Grove@tmag.tas.gov.au</a>>, Renfu Shao <<a href="mailto:rshao@usc.edu.au">rshao@usc.edu.au</a>>, Scarlett Howard <<a href="mailto:s.howard@deakin.edu.au">s.howard@deakin.edu.au</a>>, Lynne Milne <<a href="mailto:L.Milne@curtin.edu.au">L.Milne@curtin.edu.au</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Introducing <i>Leioproctus zephyr</i>, a new species of bee that I have scientifically described! <br>This is my first published new species description and I’m buzzing !<br><br>This new species is highly specialised in its foraging hosts, collecting nectar and pollen from just two Jacksonia species, and has a highly restricted distribution, endemic to southwest WA.<br><br>The species epithet, Zephyr, is to honour my Maremma dog, who means so much to me, having been a non-judgemental unconditional loving companion throughout my darkest times.<br><br>It is Australia’s 1661 species of described bee species, but many more await description.<br><br>The publication of this new species, ”Leioproctus zephyr Prendergast (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus), an oligoletic new bee species with a distinctive clypeus” is published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research here: <br><a href="https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/85685/" target="_blank">https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/85685/</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">More info on the new species, link to the paper in JHR, photos of it, and why I chose the epithet here :</div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkadTJrSiuw/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/CkadTJrSiuw/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Press release here: <br><a href="https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-unusual-bee-species-discovered-with-dog-like-snout" target="_blank">https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-unusual-bee-species-discovered-with-dog-like-snout</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Happy buzzes,</div><div dir="ltr">Dr Kit the Bee Babette<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dr Kit Prendergast<div>Native bee scientist, conservation biologist and zoologist</div><div>Curtin University and Forrest Scholar</div><div>ORCiD: <u><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099</a></u> <br></div><div>Research: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast/research" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast/research</a></div><div>YouTube channel The Bee Babette: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeeBabette" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeeBabette</a> </div><div>'Creating a Haven for Native Bees': <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CreatingaHavenforNativeBeesBook/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CreatingaHavenforNativeBeesBook/</a></div><div>Wild Bee artwork: <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/BeeBabette/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent" target="_blank">https://www.redbubble.com/people/BeeBabette/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent</a></div><div><img width="92" height="96" 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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dr Kit Prendergast<div>Native bee scientist, conservation biologist and zoologist</div><div>Curtin University and Forrest Scholar</div><div>ORCiD: <u><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099</a></u> <br></div><div>Research: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast/research" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast/research</a></div><div>YouTube channel The Bee Babette: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeeBabette" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeeBabette</a> </div><div>'Creating a Haven for Native Bees': <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CreatingaHavenforNativeBeesBook/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CreatingaHavenforNativeBeesBook/</a></div><div>Wild Bee artwork: <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/BeeBabette/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent" target="_blank">https://www.redbubble.com/people/BeeBabette/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent</a></div><div><img width="92" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wwvyjOk7p3iocG1WNlsSbsOwGFmIJhaMk4K_nC9kLHrvJgaGNxLwmvtT6mIHjxqkbW5KW44QE"><br><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>