Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus  Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes

Pictured here is the female Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus on a flowering banksia.

Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus (female), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Informal: Apiformes
  • Family: Colletidae
  • Subfamily: Hylaeinae
  • Genus: Hylaeus
  • Subgenus: Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) Michener, 1965
  • Species: Hylaeus alcyoneus

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor

Native Bees — Batavia Coast and Midwest WAAustrothurgus  Euhesma Exoneura Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Hylaeus mysterium puella Leioproctus Megachile aurifrons Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii Megachile semiluctuosa Meroglossa rubricata Thyreus waroonensis Trichocolletes

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