''Colletes caspicus'' is a species of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
belonging to the family
Colletidae
The Colletidae are a family of bees, and are often referred to collectively as plasterer bees or polyester bees, due to the method of smoothing the walls of their nest cells with secretions applied with their mouthparts; these secretions dry int ...
.
It is native to Southern Europe and Western Asia.
Synonym:
* ''Colletes balticus''
(= ''Colletes caspicus balticus'')
References
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Colletidae