Hylaeus difficilis

Difficult Masked Bee

As recorded: Hylaeus difficilis (Perkins, 1899)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Colletidae

Collected by: O. H. Swezey
Date: October 10, 1929
Locality: Kilauea
Record type: Preserved specimen

432 Bishop specimens of Hylaeus difficilis · collected 1892–1929Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 10, 1929, O. H. Swezey also collected 22 other specimens.

Hylaeus difficilis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-07-31.

2024-07-31

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-31

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-01-13

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) Abby Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-02-17

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

no rights reserved

2019-02-17

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

no rights reserved

2019-02-17

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

no rights reserved

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Cite this specimen

Hylaeus difficilis. BPBM 4903. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37223137. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/4903.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37223137 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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