Masked bee

Hylaeus variegatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae

Hylaeus is a large (over 500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae. This genus is also known as the yellow-faced bees or masked bees. This genus is the only truly globally distributed colletid, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.

Distribution

Masked bee — (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 162Netherlands · 141France · 16Luxembourg · 10Italy · 7Switzerland · 6Spain · 4Belgium · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionHylaeus (bee), Wikipedia contributors

Masked bee

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