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Masked Bees
Hylaeus
Hylaeus is a large (over 500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae. This genus is also known as the yellow-faced bees or masked bees. This genus is the only truly globally distributed colletid, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Prosopis
subgenusProsopis
Hylaeus
subgenusHylaeus
Prosopisteron
subgenusProsopisteron
Spatulariella
subgenusSpatulariella
Paraprosopis
subgenusParaprosopis
Gnathoprosopis
subgenusGnathoprosopis
Nesoprosopis
subgenusNesoprosopis
Hylaeorhiza
subgenusHylaeorhiza
Nothylaeus
subgenusNothylaeus
Euprosopoides
subgenusEuprosopoides
Euprosopis
subgenusEuprosopis
Lambdopsis
subgenusLambdopsis
Rhodohylaeus
subgenusRhodohylaeus
Macrohylaeus
subgenusMacrohylaeus
Cephalylaeus
subgenusCephalylaeus
Planihylaeus
subgenusPlanihylaeus
Hylaeopsis
subgenusHylaeopsis
Dentigera
subgenusDentigera
Gnathoprosopoides
subgenusGnathoprosopoides
Indialaeus
subgenusIndialaeus
Koptogaster
subgenusKoptogaster
Abrupta
subgenusAbrupta
Pseudhylaeus
subgenusPseudhylaeus
Xenohylaeus
subgenusXenohylaeus
Hylaeana
subgenusHylaeana
Heterapoides
subgenusHeterapoides
Patagiata
subgenusPatagiata
Metziella
subgenusMetziella
Edriohylaeus
subgenusEdriohylaeus
Euprosopellus
subgenusEuprosopellus
Pharohylaeus
subgenusPharohylaeus
Hylaeteron
subgenusHylaeteron
Analastoroides
subgenusAnalastoroides
Hylaeus perforatus
speciesHylaeus perforatus
Sphaerhylaeus
subgenusSphaerhylaeus
Gongyloprosopis
subgenusGongyloprosopis
Laccohylaeus
subgenusLaccohylaeus
Nesohylaeus
subgenusNesohylaeus
Cephylaeus
subgenusCephylaeus
Hylaeus przewalskyi
speciesHylaeus przewalskyi
Hylaeus callosus
speciesHylaeus callosus
Meghylaeus
subgenusMeghylaeus
Gephyrohylaeus
subgenusGephyrohylaeus
Hylaeus villosellus
speciesHylaeus villosellus
Prosopisteroides
subgenusProsopisteroides
Pumilaeus
subgenusPumilaeus
Snellingella
subgenusSnellingella
Blue-masked Bees
subgenusCalloprosopis
Alfkenylaeus
subgenusAlfkenylaeus
Deranchylaeus
subgenusDeranchylaeus
Cornylaeus
subgenusCornylaeus
Gnathylaeus
subgenusGnathylaeus
Hoploprosopis
subgenusHoploprosopis
Laxoprosopis
subgenusLaxoprosopis
Metylaeus
subgenusMetylaeus
Mehelyana
subgenusMehelyana
Orohylaeus
subgenusOrohylaeus
Nesylaeus
subgenusNesylaeus
Hylaeus alampes
speciesHylaeus alampes
Hylaeus luzonicus
speciesHylaeus luzonicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 127812.