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| Hylaeus frederici | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeus |
| Species: | H. frederici |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeus frederici | |
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Hylaeus frederici, or Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) frederici, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1905.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in western and eastern Australia. The type locality is simply New Holland, but the bees have also been recorded from Brisbane; Wallangarra, Queensland; Sutherland, New South Wales; and King George Sound in south-west Western Australia.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Eucalyptus, Jacksonia and Leptospermum species.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Cockerell, TDA (1905). "Descriptions and records of bees. IV". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 16: 392–403 [403].
- 1 2 3 4 "Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) frederici (Cockerell, 1905)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
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