Hylaeus Agilis
''Hylaeus agilis'' is a bee species in the family Colletidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. This species is found throughout the country and visits the flowers of a wide variety of plant species, both native and introduced. Taxonomy This species was first described by Frederick Smith (entomologist), Frederick Smith in 1876 under the name ''Prosopis agilis''. The holotype specimen of this species is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Description ''H. agilis'' are slender and mainly black in colour, with distinctive yellow or white markings on their face. They have sparse hairs and range in size from 7-9mm.Hart,N. (2007). ''Industrious Native Bees: A Case Study in Whangarei'' (Master’s thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand). Retrieved from https://www.fndc.govt.nz/services/the-far-north-district-plan/plan-changes/plan-change-18/Pre-Circulated-Evidence-GEFree-Ngaire-Hart2.pdf As found in all ''Hylaeus'' bees they lack pollen-carrying hair ...
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Colletidae
The Colletidae are a family of bees, and are often referred to collectively as plasterer bees or polyester bees, due to the method of smoothing the walls of their nest cells with secretions applied with their mouthparts; these secretions dry into a cellophane-like lining. C. D. Michener (2007) ''The Bees of the World'', 2nd Edition, pg. 133, Johns Hopkins University Press. The five subfamilies, 54 genera, and over 2000 species are all (with the known exception of but one species, '' Amphylaeus morosus'') evidently solitary, though many nest in aggregations. Two of the subfamilies, Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae, lack the external pollen-carrying apparatus (the scopa) that otherwise characterizes most bees, and instead carry the pollen in their crops. These groups, and most genera in this family, have liquid or semiliquid pollen masses on which the larvae develop. They can be found all over the world, but the most species live in South America and Australia. Over 50% of all bee spe ...
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