Hylaeus nubilosus | |
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Scientific classification
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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.
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]
Endemic to the eastern States of Australia. It is also recorded from several suburban sites in the Perth region of southwestern Western Australia. [2]
Hylaeus nubilosus prefers to nest in abandoned nests of mud-dauber wasps such as Sphecidae and potter wasps Eumeninae. [2]
Hylaeus nubilosus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Genus: | Hylaeus |
Species: | H. nubilosus
|
Binomial name | |
Hylaeus nubilosus (
Smith, 1853)
|
Hylaeus nubilosus is a species of insect within the genus Hylaeus. [1] It is commonly referred to as the cloudy masked bee.
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]
Endemic to the eastern States of Australia. It is also recorded from several suburban sites in the Perth region of southwestern Western Australia. [2]
Hylaeus nubilosus prefers to nest in abandoned nests of mud-dauber wasps such as Sphecidae and potter wasps Eumeninae. [2]