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Hylaeus (Euprosopis) species. (a) Female of H. (E.) elegans. The species is known to nest in the ground and this female carries some mud on its back. Photo: Laurence Sanders. (b) Female of H. (E.) husela, a close relative of H. elegans from the Top End, NT, distinguished by having four yellow stripes on the scutum. Photo: Bernhard Jacobi. (c) Male of H. (E.) honestus. Its yellow-marked mandibles and labrum and lack of bluish iridescence on the abdomen distinguish it from another common species, H. violaceus. Photo: Marc Newman. (d) Dorsal view of hind part of thorax and propodeum of H. (E.) elegans showing areolate basal area of propodeal enclosure.