Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera)
Author
Weissmann, Julie A.
Author
Picanco, Ana
Author
Borges, Paulo A. V.
Author
Schaefer, Hanno
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Hylaeus (Prosopis) azorae (Warncke)
Description.
Male 6-7 mm, female unknown; sternite 7 with winged appendages, sternite 8 deeply V-shaped (Fig. 6a).
Figure 6. Azorean
Hylaeus
species: a
Hylaeus azorae
male, Holotype from Pico,
Oberoesterreichisches
Landesmuseum Linz b
Hylaeus signatus
male in
Reseda luteola
(
Resedaceae
), regurgitating nectar, June 2012, Graciosa c
Hylaeus pictipes
female, dorsal view, on
Solidago azorica
(
Asteraceae
), July 2015, Corvo d
Hylaeus pictipes
male (second male in the background) on
Ranunculus cortusifolius
(
Ranunculaceae
), June 2012, Corvo; photos: Hanno Schaefer (a, b, d); Julie A. Weissmann (c); scale bars 2 mm.
Distinguishing features.
Male with +/- rectangular yellowish face pattern (Fig. 5a); female unknown.
General distribution.
Endemic to the Azores.
Distribution in the Azores.
Pico, Montanha do Pico.
First record.
1938 (described in
Warncke 1992b
, known only from the type).
Nesting.
Unknown, probably in hollow twigs.
Social behaviour.
Unknown, but probably solitary.
Foraging.
Unknown.
Phenology.
July.
Material.
Pico, 10.07.1938, 1 male, leg. Ragnar
Stora
, coll. Linz.