Hylaeus (bee)

Hylaeus
Hylaeus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this 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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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.[1][2] This genus is the only truly globally distributed colletid, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.[3]

  1. ^ Tan, Elaine (2020-04-01). "Bee Dichotomous Key". UC Santa Barbara: Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration.
  2. ^ "Petition to List Two Species of Hawaiian Yellow-Faced Bees (Hylaeus Mana and Hylaeus Kuakea) as Endangered Species Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act" (PDF). The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. 2009. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  3. ^ Kayaalp, Pelin; Schwarz, Michael P.; Stevens, Mark I. (2013). "Rapid diversification in Australia and two dispersals out of Australia in the globally distributed bee genus, Hylaeus (Colletidae: Hylaeinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 668–678. Bibcode:2013MolPE..66..668K. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.018. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 23138101.