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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Red-sided Masked Bee (Hylaeus lateralis)
	This Photo:	S1, profile
	Thank you Heath Hunter for identifying and Asaph (Asaph01) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Asaph said "Male Hylaeus lateralis have white markings." Heath said "The two white marks on the collar (just behind the head). Also the red on the dorsal side of the thorax extends further back towards the abdomen."
	Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 31-Dec-2014
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.