Amphylaeus

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Amphylaeus is a genus of plasterer bee in the Colletidae family and Hylaeinae subfamily.[2] The genus is endemic to Australia.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Colletidae
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Amphylaeus
Amphylaeus morosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Amphylaeus
Smith, 1879
Type species
Amphylaeus morosus[1]
Smith, 1879
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Description

Amphylaeus bees are slender, less than 10 mm long, and black with pale, mask-like facial markings.[4] Some have a yellow spot on the thorax. They nest in pithy stems or preexisting holes in wood. Their brood cells are woven from a cellophane-like secretion.

Taxonomy

Amphylaeus contains the following subgenera:[2]

  • Agogenohylaeus
  • Amphylaeus

Species include:[5]

  • Amphylaeus flavicans Houston, 1975
  • Amphylaeus morosus (Smith, 1879)
  • Amphylaeus nubilosellus (Cockerell, 1910)
  • Amphylaeus obscuriceps (Friese, 1924)

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