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Hylaeus

Masked Bees

272

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1892

First collected

1927

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Hylaeus, most mentions first.

  1. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 10 pages

  2. 2008

    Inventory of seabirds, plants, and arthropods on twenty offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands

    Eijzenga, H. & Preston, D.J. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 6 pages

  3. 2005

    Bibliography of and new taxa proposed by R.C.L. Perkins (1866-1955)

    Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages

  4. 2021

    Terrestrial arthropod survey of HalonaValley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Kickham, Naval Magazine, Lualualei Annex, August–November 2020

    Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  5. 2016

    Terrestrial arthropod survey of Halona Valley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, August–December 2015

    Evenhuis, N.L., Preston, D.J., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  6. 2013

    Results of the 2012 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island

    Preston, D.J., Evenhuis, N.L., Englund, R.E. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  7. 2013

    Notes on alien and native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Hawaiian Islands

    Magnacca, K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  8. 2012

    Results of the 2010 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island

    Englund, R.A., Preston, D.J., Myers, S., Imada, C. & Englund, L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

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Two centuries of collecting

1890s1920s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1892 by R. C. L. Perkins (Waianae Mts.). The Museum last collected it in 1927; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 27, 2026.

Alive today

9,697 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.