Hylaeus paumako

Hylaeus paumako is a species of bee endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi. It was discovered in a designated conservation and wilderness area in the ahupuaʻa of Mākolelau in 2024 and later described in 2025. The bee is notable as the only known bee species on the island where the males are completely black (Hylaeus are generally yellow-faced). H. paumako is the first new species of bee found on the island of Molokaʻi in over a century.