Amphylaeus obscuriceps

ColletidaeAmphylaeus obscuriceps Hylaeus spp – Masked Bee Callomelitta antipodes Leioproctus Neopasiphae mirabilis Paracolletes crassipes Paracolletes nigrocinctus Trichocolletes

Photographs © Marc Newman ◦

Amphylaeus obscuriceps is also commonly known as the Dark-headed Dimorphic-Masked Bee. At time of writing, the current distribution appears to be along the east coast from Hervey Bay down through New South Wales (including Albury-Wangarata), and down through Victoria to Dandenong.

Pictured here is Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps on Xanthorrhoea johnsonii. It would appear that the pollen on the bee is not from the grass tree.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Hymenoptera
• Superfamily: Apoidea
• Informal: Apiformes
• Family: Colletidae
• Subfamily: Hylaeinae
• Genus: Amphylaeus
• Subgenus: infrageneric Agogenohylaeus
• Species: Amphylaeus obscuriceps

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ColletidaeAmphylaeus obscuriceps Hylaeus spp – Masked Bee Callomelitta antipodes Leioproctus Neopasiphae mirabilis Paracolletes crassipes Paracolletes nigrocinctus Trichocolletes

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