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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 Hylaeus (Hylaeus Subgenus Hylaeus) » Slender-faced Masked Bee (Hylaeus leptocephalus)

Species Hylaeus leptocephalus - Slender-faced Masked Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 leptocephalus (Slender-faced Masked Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosopis leptocephala Morawitz, 1871["1870"]; Hylaeus bisinuatus Förster, 1871; Prosopis discrepans Schenck, 1875; Prosopis stevensi Crawford, 1913; Prosopis incompleta Alfken, 1937["1936"]; Hylaeus (Hylaeus) stevensi (Crawford, 1913)
Explanation of Names
Author: Morawitz, 1871.

One of the junior synonyms long applied to the introduced North American population honors Orin A. Stevens of North Dakota.
Size
Female: Length 5-6 mm.(1)
Male: Length 4-6 mm.(1)
Range
Widespread in the US excluding Texas to Alabama.
Discover Life Map
Habitat
Has been found nesting with halictid Bees in cavities within an earthen bank. Barrows, 1975
Season
From May until September.
Food
Has a tendency toward oligolecty. Collects pollen almost primarily from Fabaceae, especially Melilotus, a plant introduced from Europe. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
Non native, introduced, presumably before 1912.
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 26 as Hylaeus (Hylaeus) stevensi (Crawford, 1913)
Internet References
Discover life
iNaturalist
ITIS
Encyclopedia of Life
Atlas Hymenoptera
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 Chuck Entz on 27 May, 2007 - 12:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 12 October, 2023 - 3:24am

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