Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793
(yellow-face bees)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hylaeus annularis Shingle Yellow-face Bee					Species		10 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hylaeus (yellow-face bees)
Family	COLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hylaeus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Dathe, H.H., tr: Waroquier, M.	1980	Les especies du Genre Hylaeus en Europe
Dathe, H.H.	1980	Die Arten der Gattung Hylaeus F. in Europa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae).	Vol 56 (2): 207-294.
Stubbs, A.E.	2006	Test Keys to Bees

Hylaeus (yellow-face bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hylaeus (yellow-face bees)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hylaeus (yellow-face bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hylaeus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)