Dr. Kit Prendergast of the Curtin School of Molecular and Life Sciences is being credited with the find, which he said was made while surveying a rare plant in Western Australia’s Goldfields.

Megachile lucifer is an unusual bee from Australia — black, sleek, and with tiny devil-like horns. It’s named after the “fallen angel” Lucifer, but this bee might just be the only angel a critically ...