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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 Cephalylaeus (Hylaeus Subgenus Cephalylaeus) » Cinquefoil Masked Bee (Hylaeus basalis)

Species Hylaeus basalis - Cinquefoil Masked Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Black Bee on Wild Rose - Hylaeus basalis - female Colletidae: Hylaeinae? - Hylaeus basalis - male Colletidae: Hylaeinae? - Hylaeus basalis - male Colletidae: Hylaeinae? - Hylaeus basalis - male Colletidae: Hylaeinae? - Hylaeus basalis - male Hylaeus basalis - male - female Hylaeus basalis - male - female Hylaeus basalis - 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 Cephalylaeus)
Species basalis (Cinquefoil Masked Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hylaeus basalis (Smith, 1853). Prosopis basalis Smith, 1853
Size
Female: Length 8-9 mm(1)
Male: Length 8-9 mm(1)
Identification
Large size, entirely black face of the female, and broad head are distinctive.
Range
Alaska to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, south to California, New Mexico, Michigan, and New York
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Season
May to August
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. (1968) Studies on North American Bees of the Genus Hylaeus. 4. The subgenera Cephalylaeus, Metziella and Hylaeana (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (144): 1-6.(Full Text)
Internet References
Discover Life
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 John S. Ascher on 24 August, 2011 - 12:34am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 15 February, 2025 - 11:18am

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