Hylaeus spp what species could be this one?

Fritillary · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 05:47 PM

hello there
I try to identify some Hylaeus bees but there are few information about it.
This one looks like H. communis however the ones I have here do not have the scape with yellow like this one.
Any ideas? The size is 6 mm long male.

Picasa Web Albums - Flora - hylaeus1

In general there are few (scarce) taxonomy books on bees or wasps and sometimes they dont even say how long is the species they are describing.

I will put the photos here when I finish identification.

Many thanks in advance for any ideas.

eucera · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 10:24 PM

This looks like male H. communis to me. Some specimens do have some yellow on the scape too. The Swiss keys of Mueller, Amiet et al. show this clearly.

Fritillary · #3 (**permalink**) 12-10-2009, 01:23 PM

Many thanks for your response

. By the way do you have the complete reference of Muller?

As I said before, I cannot find a great variety of taxonomic books in UK.

eucera · #4 (**permalink**) 12-10-2009, 03:13 PM

Amiet F., Müller A. & Neumeyer R. 1999: Fauna Helvetica 4. Apidae 2 (Colletes, Dufourea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhophitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha). Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune (CSCF), Neuchâtel, 219 pp., 280 figs, 98 distribution maps.