Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00140
Flavifrons Yellow-faced Bee
Hylaeus flavifrons
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About Flavifrons Yellow-faced Bee
Flavifrons Yellow-faced Bee (Hylaeus flavifrons) belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Documented species detail
Males have a strongly expanded antennal base.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present — rare and restricted. The Kauaʻi record is classified as “Present — rare and restricted”. Its cited evidence source is Xerces Society species profile. Endemic to Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, and Lehua; recent Kauaʻi records are concentrated in a few coastal sites. Do not publish precise nesting locations.
Account coverage
Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hylaeus flavifrons
- Common names
- Flavifrons Yellow-faced Bee
- Hawaiian names
- Nalo meli maoli
- Family
- Colletidae
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present — rare and restricted
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Critically imperiled
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Flavifrons yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus flavifrons) is a critically imperiled Hawaiian bee native to Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, and Lehua. Remaining populations are small and vulnerable to habitat loss, invasive plants, invasive ants, and competition from nonnative bees.