BPBM 5225Entomology

Hylaeus hostilis

Hostile Yellow-faced Bee

As recorded: Hylaeus hostilis (Perkins, 1899)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Colletidae

Collected by: W. M. Giffard
Date: June 9, 1908
Locality: Kilauea
Record type: Preserved specimen

17 Bishop specimens of Hylaeus hostilis · collected 1894–1913Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 9, 1908, W. M. Giffard also collected 21 other specimens.

Hylaeus hostilis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1908. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2016-05-23.

2016-05-23

Hawaii, US

(c) John K, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Hylaeus hostilis. BPBM 5225. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37227427. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/5225.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37227427 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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