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Amphylaeus
Sign in to saveAmphylaeus is a genus of plasterer bee in the Colletidae family and Hylaeinae subfamily. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Colletidae
- Collections
- NMV, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colletidae
- Image
- Amphylaeus nubilosellus dorsal.jpg
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Amphylaeus is a genus of plasterer bee in the Colletidae family and Hylaeinae subfamily. The genus is endemic to Australia.
==Description== Amphylaeus bees are slender, less than 10 mm long, and black with pale, mask-like facial markings. Some have a yellow spot on the thorax. They nest in pithy stems or preexisting holes in wood. Their brood cells are woven from a cellophane-like secretion.
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