Hylaeus cyanurus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeus |
| Species: | H. cyanurus |
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| Hylaeus cyanurus | |
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Hylaeus cyanurus, or Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) cyanurus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by English entomologist William Kirby in 1802.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in north-eastern Australia. Type localities include Cooktown, Queensland. It has also been recorded from Jardine River and Mackay in Queensland, and Nourlangie Creek in the Northern Territory.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Pogostemon and Tristaniopsis species.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kirby, W (1802). Monographia Apum Angliae; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations. To which are prefixed some introductory remarks upon the class Hymenoptera, and a synoptical table of the nomenclature of the external parts of these insects. Vol. 1. Ipswich: J. Raw. pp. 1–258 [212].
- 1 2 3 4 "Species Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) cyanurus (W. Kirby, 1802)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
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