Species Hylaeus mesillae - Cresson's Masked Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hylaeus ZH3Z2811 - Hylaeus mesillae - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)

Family Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)

Genus Hylaeus (Masked Bees)

No Taxon (Subgenus Hylaeus)

Species mesillae (Cresson's Masked Bee)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hylaeus laciniatus; Hylaeus repolitus; Hylaeus cressoni; Prosopis pygmaea; Prosopis cressoni; Prosopis cressoni var magniclavis; Prosopis pasadenae; Prosopis telepora; Prosopis subtilis; Prosopis mesillae

Explanation of Names

Hylaeus mesillae (Cockerell, 1896)

Refers to Mesilla, New Mexico, where T. D. A. Cockerell discovered many bee species.

Size

Female: Length 4-4.5mm(1)

Male: Length 3.5-4mm(1)

Range

Widespread

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Food

Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Print References

Snelling R.R. (1970) Studies on North American Bees of the Genus Hylaeus. 5. The subgenus Hylaeus, s. str. and Paraprosopis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (180): 1-59.(Full Text) Listed on page 12 as Hylaeus (Hylaeus) cressoni mesillae (Cockerell)

Mitchell, T.B. (1960) Bees of the eastern United States. I. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station), 141, 1-538. Listed on page 70 as Hylaeus (Hylaeus) cressoni cressoni (Cockerell) and on page 75 as Hylaeus (Hylaeus) teleporus (Lovell)(1)

Internet References

Discover Life

GBIF

iNaturalist

ITIS

Works Cited

1.	Bees of the eastern United States Mitchell T.B. 1962. Tech. Bull. (NC Agric. Exp. Sta.): No. 141 (538 pp.), 1960; and No. 152 (557 pp.).

Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 9:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 12 October, 2023 - 3:25am

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