Hylaeus perkinsianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Genus: | Hylaeus |
Species: | H. perkinsianus
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Binomial name | |
Hylaeus perkinsianus Timberlake (1926)
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Hylaeus perkinsianus, commonly known as Perkin's yellow-faced bee,[1] is a species of yellow-faced bee in the family Colletidae. It was described by Philip Hunter Timberlake in 1926, and named for Robert Cyril Layton Perkins.[2] The species is entirely endemic to the island of Nihoa, Hawaiian Islands, where its range covers a majority of the island.[3] It is listed by the Center for Biological Diversity as Declining and Threatened.[4]
It is described as being medium sized with clear wings. The face of the male has yellow markings while the females is just black with no markings.[5]