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Disjunct Masked Bee
Hylaeus disjunctus
Hylaeus disjunctus, or Hylaeus (Euprosopis) disjunctus, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1905.
From the article Hylaeus disjunctus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in northern and north-eastern Australia. The type locality is Mackay, Queensland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Angophora, Callistemon, Dendrobium, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Tristaniopsis and Xanthorrhoea 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 894761.