Hylaeus nigritus
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| Hylaeus nigritus | |
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| Hylaeus nigritus, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeus |
| Species: | H. nigritus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeus nigritus (Fabricius, 1798) | |
| Synonyms | |
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• Hylaeus propinquus
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Hylaeus nigritus, also known as the black masked bee, is a species of solitary bee native to much of Europe, with sightings and preserved specimens recorded as far east as Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and the Caucasus.[1]