--- title: Hylaeus littleri slug: hylaeus-littleri qid: snapshot: enwiki-001379018545 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1379018545 tags: [115357888, 129032647, 131515944, 23118434, 23468805, 23603337, 26846675, 6179665, 65439481, 68794350, 82728744] --- # Hylaeus littleri > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001379018545` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 Hylaeus littleri, or Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) littleri, also known as Littler's masked bee, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1918. Hylaeus littleri, or Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) littleri, also known as Littler's masked bee, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1918. ==Description== Male body length is 5.5 mm. Integumental colouration is mainly black, with yellow and bright ferruginous markings. ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. The type locality is George Town, Tasmania. It has also been recorded from Mount Magnificent in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. ==Behaviour== The adults are flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Banksia species. ==References==