''Colletes compactus'' is a species of ground-nesting
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
in the genus ''
Colletes''.
References
Colletidae
Insects described in 1868
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