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Subgenus Gnathoprosopis

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 Gnathoprosopis

Explanation of Names

Gnathoprosopis Perkins 1912

Numbers

a single (adventive) species in our area, 7 total(1)

Range

Australia; 1 sp. introduced widely over S. Hemisphere & CA(1)

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Contributed by John S. Ascher on 28 March, 2023 - 12:33am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 6:19pm

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