Hylaeus annulatus

Hylaeus annulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Hylaeus
Species:
H. annulatus
Binomial name
Hylaeus annulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Hylaeus annulatus, is a species of hymenopteran in the family Colletidae. It is found in North America and Europe.[1][2]

Hylaeus annulatus relies on specific cavities in standing dead wood for nesting, making the availability of suitable nest sites a critical factor for its population, even though it forages from a wide variety of flowers.[3]

  1. ^ "Hylaeus annulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Hylaeus annulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Westerfelt, Per; Weslien, Jan; Widenfalk, Olof (2018). "Population patterns in relation to food and nesting resource for two cavity‑nesting bee species in young boreal forest stands". Forest Ecology and Management. 430 (3): 629–638 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

Further reading

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