Hylaeus (bee)
Hylaeus is a large (over 500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae. This genus is also known as the yellow-faced bees or masked bees. This genus is the only truly globally distributed colletid, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.
Hylaeus | |
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Hylaeus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Subfamily: | Hylaeinae |
Genus: | Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 |
Subgenera(Ikudome, 1989) | |
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