Braunsapis occidentalis is a species of bee in the family Apidae and the tribe Allodapini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1962 by entomologists Charles Duncan Michener and Ishfaq Hussain Syed.
Description The body length is 7 mm.
Distribution and habitat The species occurs in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The type locality is Tambrey, an abandoned sheep station inland from Roebourne in the Pilbara region.
Behaviour The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Pentalepis trichodesmoides.
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