![Colletes thysanellae](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Colletes_thysanellae.jpg)
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group 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 ...
s of the family
Colletidae. They occur primarily in the
Northern Hemisphere
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. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species in the genus build cells in underground nests that are lined with a
cellophane-like
plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptab ...
secretion, a true
polyester
Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in every repeat unit of their main chain. As a specific material, it most commonly refers to a type called polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Polyesters include natural ...
,
[Hefetz, A., et al. (1979)]
Natural polyesters: Dufour's gland macrocyclic lactones form brood cell laminesters in ''Colletes'' bees.
''Science'' 204(4391), 415-17. earning them the nickname polyester bees.
[Eveleth, R. and D. Chachra]
Can Bees Make Tupperware?
''Scientific American'' December 19, 2011.
there were about 469 described species, and an estimated total around 700.
[Proshchalykin, M. Y. and M. Kuhlmann. (2012)]
The bees of the genus ''Colletes'' Latreille 1802 of the Ukraine, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae).
''Zootaxa'' 3488 1-40. They occur throughout the world except in
Antarctica
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,
Australia
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,
Madagascar
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, and
Southeast Asia
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.
[ There are about 60 species in Europe][ and about 100 in North America north of ]Mexico
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.[Deyrup, M. A. and L. D. Deyrup. (2011)]
''Colletes francesae'', a new species of colletid bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) associated with ''Sideroxylon tenax'' (Sapotaceae) in Florida scrub habitat.
''Florida Entomologist'' 94(4) 897-901.
Species
* ''Colletes abeillei
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes aberrans''
* '' Colletes abessinicus''
* '' Colletes abnormis''
* ''Colletes acutiformis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes acutus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes aestivalis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes aethiops
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes albescens
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes albicinctus''
* ''Colletes albohirtus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes albomaculatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes alfkeni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes alfredjohni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes algarobiae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes alicularis''
* '' Colletes alini''
* '' Colletes alocochila''
* ''Colletes americanus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes anceps
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes anchusae''
* '' Colletes andrewsi''
* ''Colletes angelicus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes ankarae''
* '' Colletes annae''
* '' Colletes annapurnensis''
* '' Colletes annejohnae''
* '' Colletes annulicornis''
* '' Colletes antecessus''
* '' Colletes antiguensis''
* '' Colletes arabicus''
* '' Colletes araucariae''
* ''Colletes arenarius
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes aridus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes arizonensis''
* '' Colletes armeniacus''
* ''Colletes arsenjevi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes arztbergi''
* ''Colletes asiaticus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes askhabadensis''
* '' Colletes atacamensis''
* '' Colletes atlassus''
* ''Colletes atripes
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes aureocinctus''
* '' Colletes azteka''
* '' Colletes azureus''
* '' Colletes babai''
* '' Colletes banksi''
* '' Colletes beamerorum''
* ''Colletes bernadettae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes bhutanicus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* ''Colletes bicolor
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes bidentulus''
* '' Colletes birkmanni''
* '' Colletes bischoffi''
* '' Colletes biskrensis''
* '' Colletes bokkeveldi''
* '' Colletes bombiformis''
* ''Colletes bradleyi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes brethesi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes brevicornis''
* '' Colletes brevigena''
* '' Colletes brevinodis''
* '' Colletes brimleyi''
* ''Colletes brumalis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes bruneri''
* '' Colletes brunneitarsis''
* '' Colletes bryanti''
* '' Colletes bulbotibialis''
* ''Colletes bumeliae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes bytinskii
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes californicus''
* '' Colletes canescens''
* ''Colletes capensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes capitatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes cardiurus''
* '' Colletes carinatus''
* '' Colletes cariniger''
* '' Colletes caskanus''
* '' Colletes caspicus''
* '' Colletes cercidii''
* '' Colletes chalybaeus''
* '' Colletes chamaesarachae''
* '' Colletes chengtehensis''
* ''Colletes ciliatoides
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* ''Colletes ciliatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes cinctellus''
* '' Colletes cinerascens''
* '' Colletes claripes''
* ''Colletes clarus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes clematidis''
* '' Colletes clypearis''
* '' Colletes clypeatus''
* '' Colletes clypeonitens''
* ''Colletes cognatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes collaris
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes comatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes comberi''
* '' Colletes compactus''
* ''Colletes conradti
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes consors
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes constrictus''
* '' Colletes coriandri''
* '' Colletes costaricensis''
* '' Colletes covilleae''
* ''Colletes cretaceus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes creticus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes cunicularius
''Colletes cunicularius'', the vernal colletes or spring mining bee, is a species of solitary bee from the family Colletidae which is widespread in the Palearctic from Britain to the Pacific Ocean which nests in areas of open, sandy soil.
Descri ...
''
* '' Colletes cyanescens''
* '' Colletes cyaneus''
* ''Colletes cyanonitidus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes cyprius''
* '' Colletes daleae''
* ''Colletes daourus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes daviesanus
''Colletes daviesanus '' is a Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm c ...
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* '' Colletes delicatus''
* ''Colletes delodontus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes dentiventris''
* '' Colletes denudatus''
* '' Colletes deserticola''
* '' Colletes desertorum''
* '' Colletes dilatatus''
* ''Colletes dimidiatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes dinizi''
* '' Colletes diodontus''
* ''Colletes distinctus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* ''Colletes dorni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes dorsalis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes dubitatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes dudgeonii
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes durbanensis''
* '' Colletes dusmeti''
* '' Colletes eardleyi''
* '' Colletes eatoni''
* '' Colletes ebmeri''
* ''Colletes edentulus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes elegans
''Colletes elegans'' a species of ground-nesting bee in the genus ''Colletes'', which is found in Israel. It has been found that the species has a strong preference during pollination to plants in the family Resedaceae
Resedaceae is a family ...
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* '' Colletes emaceatus''
* '' Colletes eous''
* '' Colletes esakii''
* '' Colletes escalerai''
* ''Colletes eulophi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes eupogonites''
* '' Colletes everaertae''
* '' Colletes extensicornis''
* '' Colletes fasciatus''
* '' Colletes fascicularis''
* '' Colletes faurei''
* '' Colletes flaminii''
* '' Colletes flavicornis''
* '' Colletes floralis''
* ''Colletes fodiens
''Colletes fodiens'' is a Palearctic species of plasterer bee.Edward Saunders Edward Saunders may refer to:
*Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politician
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* '' Colletes formosus''
* ''Colletes foveolaris
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
*'' Colletes francesae''
* '' Colletes fraterculus''
* ''Colletes friesei
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes frontalis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes fulgidus''
* '' Colletes fulvicornis''
* '' Colletes fulvipes''
* '' Colletes furfuraceus''
* ''Colletes fuscicornis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes fusconotus''
* ''Colletes gallicus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes gandhi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes genalis''
* ''Colletes gessi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* ''Colletes gigas
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes gilensis''
* '' Colletes gilvus''
* ''Colletes glaber
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes glycyrrhizae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes gorillarum''
* '' Colletes graeffei''
* '' Colletes granpiedrensis''
* ''Colletes grisellus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes griseus''
* '' Colletes guadalajarensis''
* '' Colletes guichardi''
* '' Colletes gussakowskii''
* '' Colletes gypsicolens''
* '' Colletes hakkari''
* '' Colletes halophilus''
* ''Colletes harreri
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes haubrugei''
* '' Colletes hederae''
* '' Colletes hedini''
* '' Colletes hethiticus''
* '' Colletes hicaco''
* '' Colletes hiekejuniori''
* '' Colletes hiekeseniori''
* '' Colletes himalayensis''
* '' Colletes hirtibasis''
* '' Colletes howardi''
* '' Colletes hyalinus''
* '' Colletes hylaeiformis''
* '' Colletes idoneus''
* ''Colletes impunctatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes inaequalis
''Colletes inaequalis'' is a common species of plasterer bee (family Colletidae), native to North America. Like other species in the genus, it builds cells in underground nests that are lined with a polyester secretion, earning the genus the ni ...
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* '' Colletes inconspicuus''
* ''Colletes indicus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes inexpectatus''
* '' Colletes infracognitus''
* '' Colletes inornatus''
* '' Colletes integer''
* '' Colletes intermixtus''
* '' Colletes intricatus''
* '' Colletes inuncantipedis''
* ''Colletes iranicus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes issykkuli''
* '' Colletes isthmicus''
* '' Colletes jankowskyi''
* '' Colletes jejunus''
* '' Colletes joergenseni''
* '' Colletes judaicus''
* ''Colletes kansensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
''
* '' Colletes karooensis''
* ''Colletes kaszabi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes katharinae''
* '' Colletes kerri''
* '' Colletes kincaidii''
* '' Colletes knersvlaktei''
* '' Colletes kozlovi''
* '' Colletes kudonis''
* '' Colletes lacunatus''
* '' Colletes laevifrons''
* '' Colletes laevigena''
* ''Colletes langeanus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes larreae''
* '' Colletes latefasciatus''
* '' Colletes laticaudus''
* '' Colletes laticeps''
* '' Colletes laticinctus''
* '' Colletes latipes''
* '' Colletes latitarsis''
* '' Colletes lebedewi''
* ''Colletes ligatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes lineatus''
* '' Colletes linsleyi''
* '' Colletes longiceps''
* '' Colletes longifacies''
* '' Colletes louisae''
* '' Colletes lucasi''
* ''Colletes lucens
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
''
* '' Colletes lutzi''
* '' Colletes luzhouensis''
* '' Colletes lycii''
* '' Colletes macconnelli''
* '' Colletes mackieae''
* '' Colletes maidli''
* '' Colletes malleatus''
* '' Colletes malmus''
* ''Colletes mandibularis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes marginatus''
* '' Colletes marleyi''
* '' Colletes maroccanus''
* '' Colletes mastochila''
* '' Colletes merceti''
* '' Colletes meridionalis''
* ''Colletes metzi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes mexicanus''
* ''Colletes meyeri
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes michaelis''
* '' Colletes micheneri''
* '' Colletes michenerianus''
* '' Colletes microdontoides''
* ''Colletes microdontus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes mimincus''
* '' Colletes minutissimus''
* ''Colletes minutus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes missionum''
* ''Colletes mitchelli
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes mixtus''
* '' Colletes mlokossewiczi''
* '' Colletes moctezumensis''
* '' Colletes montacuti''
* '' Colletes montefragus''
* '' Colletes morawitzi''
* ''Colletes moricei
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes motaguensis''
* '' Colletes mourei''
* '' Colletes murinus''
* ''Colletes musculus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes nanaeformis''
* '' Colletes nanellus''
* '' Colletes nanus''
* '' Colletes nasutus''
* '' Colletes nautlanus''
* '' Colletes neoqueenensis''
* '' Colletes nieuwoudtvillei''
* ''Colletes niger
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes nigricans
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes nigrifrons''
* '' Colletes nigritulus''
* '' Colletes nitescens''
* '' Colletes nitidicollis''
* '' Colletes niveatus''
* '' Colletes noskiewiczi''
* '' Colletes nudus''
* '' Colletes obscurus''
* '' Colletes ochraceus''
* ''Colletes omanus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes opacicollis''
* ''Colletes opacus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes ornatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes ottomanus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes pallescens''
* ''Colletes pallipes
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes panamensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes paniscus''
* '' Colletes parafodiens''
* '' Colletes paratibeticus''
* '' Colletes patagonicus''
* '' Colletes patellatus''
* '' Colletes pauljohni''
* '' Colletes penulatus''
* '' Colletes perezi''
* '' Colletes perforator''
* ''Colletes perileucus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes perplexus''
* '' Colletes persicus''
* '' Colletes peruvicus''
* '' Colletes petalostemonis''
* '' Colletes petropolitanus''
* '' Colletes phaceliae''
* '' Colletes phenax''
* ''Colletes pinnatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes platycnema''
* '' Colletes plebeius''
* '' Colletes plumulosus''
* '' Colletes pollinarius''
* '' Colletes popovi''
* '' Colletes productus''
* '' Colletes prosopidis''
* '' Colletes pseudocinerascens''
* ''Colletes pseudojejunus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes pseudolaevigena
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes pulchellus''
* '' Colletes pumilus''
* ''Colletes punctatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes punctipennis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes quadrigenis''
* '' Colletes radoszkowskii''
* '' Colletes ravulus''
* '' Colletes recurvatus''
* ''Colletes reginae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes reinigi''
* '' Colletes restingensis''
* '' Colletes reticulatus''
* ''Colletes rhodaspis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes robertsonii
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes roborovskyi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes rohweri''
* '' Colletes rothschildi''
* '' Colletes rozeni''
* '' Colletes rubellus''
* '' Colletes rubicola''
* ''Colletes rubripes
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes rubrovittatus''
* '' Colletes rudis''
* '' Colletes ruficollis''
* '' Colletes rufipes''
* ''Colletes rufitarsis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes rufocinctus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes rufosignatus''
* '' Colletes rufotibialis''
* '' Colletes rugicollis''
* '' Colletes rutilans''
* ''Colletes salicicola
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes salsolae''
* ''Colletes sanctus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes saritensis''
* '' Colletes schmidi''
* ''Colletes schrottkyi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes schultzei''
* ''Colletes schwarzi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes scopiventer''
* '' Colletes seitzi''
* ''Colletes sellatus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes seminitens''
* '' Colletes seminitidus''
* ''Colletes senilis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes sichuanensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes sidemii''
* '' Colletes sierrensis''
* ''Colletes similis
''Colletes similis'' is a species of plasterer bee belonging to the family Colletidae, subfamily Colletinae.
Distribution
This species is present in the Palearctic realm, including most of Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China). It can also ...
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* ''Colletes simulans
''Colletes simulans'' is a species in the family Colletidae ("cellophane or plasterer, masked, and fork-tongued bees"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies"). The species is known generally as the "spine-shouldered cellopha ...
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* '' Colletes simus''
* ''Colletes skinneri
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes skorikowi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes slevini''
* '' Colletes sodalis''
* '' Colletes solidaginis''
* '' Colletes solitarius''
* '' Colletes somereni''
* '' Colletes sordescens''
* '' Colletes sororcula''
* '' Colletes speculiferus''
* '' Colletes sphaeralceae''
* '' Colletes spilopterus''
* '' Colletes squamosus''
* '' Colletes squamulosus''
* ''Colletes stachi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes standfussi''
* '' Colletes steinbachi''
* '' Colletes stellatus''
* ''Colletes stepheni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes striginasis''
* '' Colletes subdilatatus''
* '' Colletes submarginatus''
* '' Colletes subnitens''
* ''Colletes succinctus
''Colletes succinctus'', the common colletes or heather colletes, is a species of Palearctic mining bee from the family Colletidae. It is part of the ''succinctus'' species group within the genus ''Colletes'' and is especially closely related to ...
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* '' Colletes sulcatus''
* '' Colletes susannae''
* ''Colletes swenki
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes tadschikus
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes taiwanensis''
* '' Colletes tardus''
* '' Colletes tectiventris''
* '' Colletes testaceipes''
* '' Colletes texanus''
* '' Colletes thoracicus''
* '' Colletes thysanellae''
* '' Colletes tibeticus''
* '' Colletes timberlakei''
* '' Colletes tinctulus''
* ''Colletes tingoensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes titusensis''
* '' Colletes tomentosus''
* '' Colletes transitorius''
* '' Colletes trigonatus''
* '' Colletes tuberculatus''
* '' Colletes tuberculiger''
* '' Colletes tulbaghensis''
* '' Colletes turgiventris''
* ''Colletes ulrikae
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes uralensis''
* '' Colletes utilis''
* '' Colletes vachali''
* '' Colletes wacki''
* '' Colletes wahisi''
* '' Colletes wahrmani''
* '' Colletes validus''
* '' Colletes vandykei''
* ''Colletes warnckei
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes watmoughi''
* ''Colletes weiski
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species i ...
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* '' Colletes westghats''
* '' Colletes wickhami''
* '' Colletes willistoni''
* '' Colletes wilmattae''
* '' Colletes virgatus''
* ''Colletes wolfi
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* ''Colletes wollmanni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes volsellatus''
* ''Colletes wootoni
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes xerophilus''
* '' Colletes xuechengensis''
* '' Colletes yemensis''
* ''Colletes zuluensis
The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations. Species ...
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* '' Colletes zygophyllum''
References
External links
*Clark, P
Polyester bees: Born in a plastic bag.
''Washington Post'' March 15, 2011.
''Colletes'' Identification Guide (female).
discoverlife.org
''Colletes'' Identification Guide (male).
discoverlife.org
List of Species.
discoverlife.org
Worldwide Species Map.
discoverlife.org
Further reading
*Kuhlmann, M. (1999)
''Colletes wolfi'' spec. nova from Italy, and lectotype designation for Palaearctic bees of the genus ''Colletes'' Latr., with notes on new homonymies and synonymies (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Colletinae).
''Linzer biologische Beiträge'' 31(1), 71–81.
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Colletidae
Bee genera
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille