''Hylaeus euxanthus'' is a species of hymenopteran in the family

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 int ...

and the subgenus Gnathoprosopis. It is found in Australia.

Taxonomy

It was first described as ''Prosopis xanthopoda'' by

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in 1910. In a subsequent publication in 1910, he renamed the species ''Prosopis euxantha'' due to the former name being preoccupied by '' Prosopis xanthopoda'' Vachal, 1895.''

References

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