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Hylaeinae
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Hylaeinae

Hylaeinae is a subfamily of plasterer bees found worldwide, with the greatest subgeneric and species-level diversity in Australia. Like bees in the Euryglossinae subfamily, Hylaeinae bees are relatively small and carry pollen internally in the crop.

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6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Masked Bees

genusHylaeus

Wasp-mimic Bees

genusHyleoides

Palaeorhiza

genusPalaeorhiza

Meroglossa

genusMeroglossa

Amphylaeus

genusAmphylaeus

Hemirhiza

genusHemirhiza

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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 574753.