Hylaeus sanguinipictus
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H. sanguinipictus
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Hylaeus sanguinipictus (Cockerell, 1914)
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Hylaeus sanguinipictus is a bee species endemic to Western Australia. It was described in 1914 from material collected in Yallingup by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell as Prosopis sanguinipicta.[1]
Like its relative the banksia bee (Hylaeus alcyoneus), H. sanguinipictus displays sexual dimorphism—the males of the species are larger than the females; in most other types of bee, females are larger than males. The males perch and defend Banksia inflorescences while waiting to mate with females, and combat other males.[2]
Western Australian banksias that the bee has been recorded visiting include B. menziesii and B. prionotes.[2]