''Hylaeus foveatus'', a wasp-like bee, is a species of hymenopteran in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Analastoroides. It is found in Victoria and New South Wales in Australia. It was first described as ''Analastoroides foveata'' by

Tarlton Rayment Percy Tarlton Rayment FRZS (27 November 1882 – 17 June 1964) was an Australian artist, author, broadcaster, poet, naturalist, entomologist and beekeeper. He is especially renowned for his extensive pioneering studies of Australia’ ...

in 1950, from a female specimen collected at Jamberoo. Rayment described the females as "feverishly active on hot days". In 1981, T.F. Houston revised the generic status of Analastoroides, making it a subgenus of '' Hylaeus'', and thus giving this species the name, ''Hylaeus foveatus''.

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Colletidae Insects of Australia Insects described in 1850 Taxa named by Tarlton Rayment {{Bee-stub