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bee or wasp - Hylaeus graenicheri - female

bee or wasp - Hylaeus graenicheri - Female
Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 12, 2012

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bee or wasp - Hylaeus graenicheri bee or wasp - Hylaeus graenicheri - female

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VERY cool Hylaeus!!
Definitely a yellow-masked bee in the genus Hylaeus--but a REALLY cool one!! There are only a handful of species with a reddish abdomen. This is likely Hylaeus volusiensis, which is an endemic bee in southeastern Florida.
Key here: http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/HallG/Melitto/floridabees/prosopis.htm

 
yes, it is very cool but I don't think it's volusiensis
Instead I think it's Hylaeus (Hylaeana) graenicheri:
http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/HallG/Melitto/floridabees/hyleana.htm#H.%20graenicheri

Note in particular the pronotum

Please do not move to species pages based on a "likely" speculative determination

 
Thanks John
Thanks for the correction and the helpful link!

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