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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Masked Bees (Hylaeus) » Subgenus Prosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Prosopis) » Hylaeus episcopalis

Species Hylaeus episcopalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
White Faced bee? - Hylaeus episcopalis
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 Prosopis)
Species episcopalis (Hylaeus episcopalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosapis episcopalis Cockerell, 1896; Prosapis coquilletti Cockerell, 1896; Prosopis aenigmus Viereck, 1903["1902"]; Prosopis universitatis Cockerell, 1906; Hylaeus (Prosopis) aenigmus (Viereck, 1903["1902"]), possible synonym; Hylaeus (Prosopis) episcopalis coquilletti (Cockerell, 1896), valid subspecies; Hylaeus giffardiellus Cockerell, 1925; Hylaeus (Prosopis) episcopalis giffardiellus Cockerell, 1925, valid subspecies; Hylaeus (Prosopis) rugulosus_sic metzi Snelling, 1966; Hylaeus (Prosopis) episcopalis metzi Snelling, 1966, valid subspecies
Explanation of Names
Hylaeus (Prosopis) episcopalis (Cockerell, 1896)
Range
Canada: Southern British Columbia and Southern Alberta
USA: South Dakota to Washington south to California east to Texas
Mexico: Baja California to Durango to Coahuila
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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. (1966) Studies on North American Bees of the Genus Hylaeus. 1. Distribution of the Western Species of the Subgenus Prosopis with Descriptions of New Forms (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (98): 1-18.(Full Text) Listed on page 7 as Hylaeus (Prosopis) rugulosus
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Contributed by John S. Ascher on 28 June, 2012 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 8:33pm

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