Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) turgicollaris

    

Size
female 6.5 mm; male 6 mm

Identifying Characteristics
A small black bee with a silky sheen and a swollen yellow collar, black in the middle. Female has a completely black face and the yellow on the male's face stops well below the antennae.

Distinctive Features
Both sexes are distinguished from H. primulipictus and H. trilobatus by the partly black collar.

Flower Visiting Records

Corymbia eximia	Hibbertia scandens	Leptospermum sp.
Melaleuca linariifolia	Solanum sp.	Trimenia moorei

Taxonomy

Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Colletidae
Genus:	Hylaeus
Subgenus:	Prosopisteron
Species:	turgicollaris