Hylaeus aralis

Hylaeus aralis
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Hylaeus
Species:
H. aralis
Binomial name
Hylaeus aralis
(Cockerell, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Prosopis aralis Cockerell, 1916

Hylaeus aralis, or Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) aralis, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1916.

Description

Integumental colouration is mainly black, with cream to white markings.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. The type locality is Mount Yule, near Healesville in Victoria.

Behaviour

The adults are solitary flying mellivores with sedentary larvae. They nest in galleries in dead eucalypts. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Corymbia calophylla, as well as Leptospermum and Schinus species.

Male

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cockerell, TDA (1916). "Some bees from Australia, Tasmania and the New Hebrides". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 68: 360–375 [364]. Retrieved 2026-10-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) aralis (Cockerell, 1916)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-06.