Hylaeus

Subgenus Hylaeana Michener (2 sp.)

This is a subtropical subgenus. In Florida, the two species in this subgenus are restricted to southern Florida. H. graenicheri is found on the mainland from St. Petersburg to Miami and H. formosus is known only from the Florida Keys.

Keys to the subgenus Hylaeana in Florida (From Mitchell 1960)

Females

Legs black in part; the tibiae more or less yellow at base; face with conspicuous yellow maculae between clypeus and eyes that extend narrowly along inner orbits nearly to top of eye…H. graenicheri

femalemandibles2.GIF (481843 bytes) femalemandibles.GIF (491017 bytes)

Legs entirely ferruginous; clypeus and lateral face marks ferruginous, the face marks terminating at level of antennae….H. formosus

Males

Legs entirely red…H. formosus Krombein

Base of legs black…H. graenicheri Mitchell

hylgramaleside2.GIF (415111 bytes)

 

Colletidae: Hylaeus formosus Krombein (= H. metopii Mitchell)

County Records: Monroe

Hylfor.gif (17780 bytes)

Locations: Key Largo, Stock Island

Dates: December, April, July

Plants:

Notes: also found in the Bahamas; Endemic to South Florida and the Bahamas

Photos: None available at present. See key for major differences from H. graenicheri.

 

Colletidae: Hylaeus graenicheri Mitchell

County Records: Miami-Dade, Pinellas

Hylgra.gif (18175 bytes)

Locations: ENP

Dates: most of the year. Pascarella et al. (2000) recorded it from in ENP.

Plants:

Notes: Endemic to South Florida

Females

femaleface.GIF (484244 bytes) femalemandibles.GIF (491017 bytes) femalemandibles2.GIF (481843 bytes) femaleantenna.GIF (472673 bytes) femaleantennabelow.GIF (427586 bytes) femalevertex.GIF (536188 bytes) femalewing.GIF (405068 bytes) femalewing2.GIF (401507 bytes) femaletopwide.GIF (349287 bytes) femalethorax.GIF (504660 bytes) femalescutum.GIF (508036 bytes) femaleabdtop.GIF (443566 bytes) femaleabdtopclose.GIF (416409 bytes) femaleabdside.GIF (423156 bytes) femaleside.GIF (463343 bytes) femaleside2.GIF (460328 bytes)

 

Males

hylgramaleface.GIF (454478 bytes)  maleface.GIF (475878 bytes) maleface2.GIF (456790 bytes) hylgramalefrtarsi.GIF (421799 bytes) hylgramalereartarsi.GIF (422477 bytes) hylgramaletop.GIF (453022 bytes)maletop2.GIF (409410 bytes) maletop3.GIF (471878 bytes) malewing.GIF (429052 bytes) hylgramaleside.GIF (495148 bytes) hylgramaleside2.GIF (415111 bytes) hylgramaleside3.GIF (491461 bytes)