Hylaeus elegans, or Hylaeus (Euprosopis) elegans, is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and subfamily Hylaeinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by English entomologist Frederick Smith in 1853.
Distribution and habitat The species occurs across much of mainland Australia.
Behaviour The adults are solitary flying mellivores that nest in any suitable cavities, including plant-tubes, posts, and the abandoned galleries of other bees or of longicorn beetles. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Acacia, Angophora, Atalaya, Callistemon, Calytrix, Eucalyptus, Eucarya, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Schinus and Tristaniopsis species.
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