Last month, I collected two female Hylaeus from Puerto Rico. There are no known Hylaeus recorded for the island, so I’m not sure what species these ladies are. I’m working on trying to identify them, and will update this post, once I have more information.

To date, I have found three new generic records: Ceratina, Sphecodes and now Hylaeus. This shows that more sampling is needed for the island.

Hylaeus female face – from Puerto Rico (image by Andrew Ernst @ NCSU)

Hylaeus female side- from Puerto Rico (image by Andrew Ernst @ NCSU)