Hylaeus relegatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hylaeus relegatus is a bee species in the family Colletidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was first described by Frederick Smith. It is the largest and most common species of this genus in that country. H. relegatus can be found throughout the three main islands of New Zealand and visits the flowers of a wide variety of plant species, both native and introduced. Although widespread, this species is not abundant at any one particular location. It has been hypothesised that human made nest sites can be used to increase its numbers.
This species was first described by Frederick Smith in 1876 under the name Prosopis relegatus. Smith used a specimen collected in the Canterbury region by Charles Marcus Wakefield, a land surveyor and nephew of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. The male type specimen used by Smith is held at the Natural History Museum, London.
Smith originally described the species as follows: Male. — Length 3 1/2 lines. Black; head subopaque, very closely and finely punctured; the clypeus and inner orbits of the eyes, as high as opposite the insertion of the antennae, yellowish-white; the mandibles with a longitudinal white stripe. Thorax : the... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hylaeus relegatus sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 370th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hylaeus relegatus in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hylaeus relegatus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hylaeus relegatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
