Hylaeus nubilosus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Genus: | Hylaeus |
Species: | H. nubilosus
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Binomial name | |
Hylaeus nubilosus (Smith, 1853)
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Hylaeus nubilosus is a species of insect within the genus Hylaeus.[1] It is commonly referred to as the cloudy masked bee.
Description
[edit]Hylaeus nubilosus is a medium-sized (6–9 mm) masked bee with a conspicuous yellow thoracic badge in the middle of the scutellum and metanotum.[2]
Range
[edit]Endemic to the eastern States of Australia. It is also recorded from several suburban sites in the Perth region of southwestern Western Australia.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Hylaeus nubilosus prefers to nest in abandoned nests of mud-dauber wasps such as Sphecidae and potter wasps Eumeninae.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hylaeus nubilosus". Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ a b c Prendergast, Kit. (2017). ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AUSTRALIAN MASKED BEE HYLAEUS NUBILOSUS (SMITH) (HYMENOPTERA: COLLETIDAE: HYLAEINAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Australian Entomologist. 44. 213–218.