Hylaeus cyanurus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeus |
| Species: | H. cyanurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeus cyanurus (Kirby, 1802) | |
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Hylaeus cyanurus, or Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) cyanurus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by English entomologist William Kirby in 1802.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in north-eastern Australia. Type localities include Cooktown, Queensland. It has also been recorded from Jardine River and Mackay in Queensland, and Nourlangie Creek in the Northern Territory.
Behaviour
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Pogostemon and Tristaniopsis species.
References
- 1 2 Kirby, W (1802). Monographia Apum Angliae; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations. To which are prefixed some introductory remarks upon the class Hymenoptera, and a synoptical table of the nomenclature of the external parts of these insects. Vol. 1. Ipswich: J. Raw. pp. 1–258 [212].
- 1 2 3 4 "Species Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) cyanurus (W. Kirby, 1802)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
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