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Amphylaeus nubilosellus
Amphylaeus nubilosellus, or Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) nubilosellus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1910 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.
From the article Amphylaeus nubilosellus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Body length is about 7 mm. Colouration is mainly black, with small yellow markings.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in eastern Australia. Type localities include Sydney and Botany, New South Wales.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are solitary flying mellivores which nest in dead Xanthorrhoea flower stalks. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Banksia, Boronia, Daviesia, Goodenia, Jacksonia, Loranthus, Melaleuca, Rubus and Solanum species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1276393.