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Amphylaeus morosus
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| Amphylaeus morosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Amphylaeus |
| Species: | A. morosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphylaeus morosus Smith, 1879
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Amphylaeus morosus is a species of plasterer bee, known by the common name capricious dimorphic-masked bee.[1] It is endemic to Australia.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]A. morosus is the only species of the Colletidae family that unambiguously practices social nesting.[2] Social nesting in this species is relatively simple, lacking reproductive hierarchies or morphological differences between nestmates.
Ecology
[edit]A. morosus is known to construct linear nests out of the pithy interior of the tree Cyathea australis. [2] Species of Gasteruption wasps have been observed attacking A. morosus nests.
References
[edit]- ^ "Capricious Dimorphic-Masked Bee (Amphylaeus morosus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ a b c Hearn, Lucas R.; Stevens, Mark I.; Schwarz, Michael P.; Parslow, Ben A. (2021). "Parasitoids of the uniquely social colletid bee Amphylaeus morosus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in Victoria". Museums Victoria. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.10. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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