Hylaeus (Prosopis) azorae (Warncke)

Description.

Male 6-7 mm, female unknown; sternite 7 with winged appendages, sternite 8 deeply V-shaped (Fig. 6a).

Distinguishing features.

Male with +/- rectangular yellowish face pattern (Fig. 5a); female unknown.

General distribution.

Endemic to the Azores.

Distribution in the Azores.

Pico, Montanha do Pico.

First record.

1938 (described in Warncke 1992b, known only from the type).

Nesting.

Unknown, probably in hollow twigs.

Social behaviour.

Unknown, but probably solitary.

Foraging.

Unknown.

Phenology.

July.

Material.

Pico, 10.07.1938, 1 male, leg. Ragnar Storå, coll. Linz.