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Hylaeus kauaiensis Perkins, 1899:90

Kauai Yellow-faced bee

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Nesoprosopis kauaiensis Perkins, 1899:90

 

Conservation Status

Still extant?

 

Distribution

Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Perkins, R. C. L. (1899). Hymenoptera, Aculeata, pp. 1-115, Pls. 1-2. In: David Sharp (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

 

Other references:

Daly, Howell V. (1994). Lectotype designations and holotypes for bees of the genus Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) described from the Hawaiian Islands (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 70: 113-121.

Daly, Howell V. and Magnacca, Karl N. (2003). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 17: Hawaiian Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.

Magnacca, K. N. (2007). Conservation Status of the Endemic Bees of Hawai‘i, Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Pacific Science 61(2): 173-190.

Meade-Waldo, G. (1923). Hymenoptera, fam. Apidae, subfam. Prosopidae, fasc. 181, pp. 1-45. In: P. Wytsman (ed.), Genera Insectorum. L. Desmet-Verteneuil, Brussels.

Perkins, R. C. L. (1910). Supplement to Hymenoptera, pp. 600-612. In David Sharp (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Swezey, O. H. (1954). Forest entomology in Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Spec. Publ. 44. 266 pp.

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