Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosopis punctata Brullé, 1832; Hylaeus subquadratus Förster, 1871; Hylaeus insignis Förster, 1871; Hylaeus corvinus Förster, 1871; Prosopis sinuata var. atrifacialis Strand, 1909; Spatulariella (Platyspatulariella) punctata (Brullé, 1832)
Explanation of Names
Hylaeus (Spatulariella) punctatus (Brullé, 1832)
Range
Europe, South America and North America
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.
Remarks
Non-native. First recorded in the US in 1981. (Snelling, 1983)
Print References
Snelling, R.R. (1983). Studies on North American Bees of the Genus
Hylaeus. 6. An adventive Palearctic species in Southern California (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 82: 12-16. (
Full Text)
C. S. Sheffield, S. Dumesh, AND M. Cheryomina. (2011).
Hylaeus punctatus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), A Bee Species New to Canada, with Notes on other Non-Native Species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 142, pp 29-43 (
Full Text)