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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 monophyletic lineage within the superfa ...
s of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the
Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's N ...
. 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 Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria, and liquid water makes it useful for food packaging. Cellophane is highly permeable to water vapour, but may be coat ...
-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 natu ...
,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 Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
, Australia,
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Afric ...
, and
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...
. There are about 60 species in Europe and about 100 in North America north of
Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Gua ...
.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'' * '' Colletes aberrans'' * '' Colletes abessinicus'' * '' Colletes abnormis'' * '' Colletes acutiformis'' * '' Colletes acutus'' * '' Colletes aestivalis'' * '' Colletes aethiops'' * '' Colletes albescens'' * '' Colletes albicinctus'' * '' Colletes albohirtus'' * '' Colletes albomaculatus'' * '' Colletes alfkeni'' * '' Colletes alfredjohni'' * '' Colletes algarobiae'' * '' Colletes alicularis'' * '' Colletes alini'' * '' Colletes alocochila'' * '' Colletes americanus'' * '' Colletes anceps'' * '' Colletes anchusae'' * '' Colletes andrewsi'' * '' Colletes angelicus'' * '' Colletes ankarae'' * '' Colletes annae'' * '' Colletes annapurnensis'' * '' Colletes annejohnae'' * '' Colletes annulicornis'' * '' Colletes antecessus'' * '' Colletes antiguensis'' * '' Colletes arabicus'' * '' Colletes araucariae'' * '' Colletes arenarius'' * '' Colletes aridus'' * '' Colletes arizonensis'' * '' Colletes armeniacus'' * '' Colletes arsenjevi'' * '' Colletes arztbergi'' * '' Colletes asiaticus'' * '' Colletes askhabadensis'' * '' Colletes atacamensis'' * '' Colletes atlassus'' * '' Colletes atripes'' * '' Colletes aureocinctus'' * '' Colletes azteka'' * '' Colletes azureus'' * '' Colletes babai'' * '' Colletes banksi'' * '' Colletes beamerorum'' * '' Colletes bernadettae'' * '' Colletes bhutanicus'' * '' Colletes bicolor'' * '' Colletes bidentulus'' * '' Colletes birkmanni'' * '' Colletes bischoffi'' * '' Colletes biskrensis'' * '' Colletes bokkeveldi'' * '' Colletes bombiformis'' * '' Colletes bradleyi'' * '' Colletes brethesi'' * '' Colletes brevicornis'' * '' Colletes brevigena'' * '' Colletes brevinodis'' * '' Colletes brimleyi'' * '' Colletes brumalis'' * '' Colletes bruneri'' * '' Colletes brunneitarsis'' * '' Colletes bryanti'' * '' Colletes bulbotibialis'' * '' Colletes bumeliae'' * '' Colletes bytinskii'' * '' Colletes californicus'' * '' Colletes canescens'' * '' Colletes capensis'' * '' Colletes capitatus'' * '' Colletes cardiurus'' * '' Colletes carinatus'' * '' Colletes cariniger'' * '' Colletes caskanus'' * '' Colletes caspicus'' * '' Colletes cercidii'' * '' Colletes chalybaeus'' * '' Colletes chamaesarachae'' * '' Colletes chengtehensis'' * '' Colletes ciliatoides'' * '' Colletes ciliatus'' * '' Colletes cinctellus'' * '' Colletes cinerascens'' * '' Colletes claripes'' * '' Colletes clarus'' * '' Colletes clematidis'' * '' Colletes clypearis'' * '' Colletes clypeatus'' * '' Colletes clypeonitens'' * '' Colletes cognatus'' * '' Colletes collaris'' * '' Colletes comatus'' * '' Colletes comberi'' * '' Colletes compactus'' * '' Colletes conradti'' * '' Colletes consors'' * '' Colletes constrictus'' * '' Colletes coriandri'' * '' Colletes costaricensis'' * '' Colletes covilleae'' * '' Colletes cretaceus'' * '' Colletes creticus'' * '' Colletes cunicularius'' * '' Colletes cyanescens'' * '' Colletes cyaneus'' * '' Colletes cyanonitidus'' * '' Colletes cyprius'' * '' Colletes daleae'' * '' Colletes daourus'' * '' Colletes daviesanus'' * '' Colletes delicatus'' * '' Colletes delodontus'' * '' Colletes dentiventris'' * '' Colletes denudatus'' * '' Colletes deserticola'' * '' Colletes desertorum'' * '' Colletes dilatatus'' * '' Colletes dimidiatus'' * '' Colletes dinizi'' * '' Colletes diodontus'' * '' Colletes distinctus'' * '' Colletes dorni'' * '' Colletes dorsalis'' * '' Colletes dubitatus'' * '' Colletes dudgeonii'' * '' Colletes durbanensis'' * '' Colletes dusmeti'' * '' Colletes eardleyi'' * '' Colletes eatoni'' * '' Colletes ebmeri'' * '' Colletes edentulus'' * '' Colletes elegans'' * '' Colletes emaceatus'' * '' Colletes eous'' * '' Colletes esakii'' * '' Colletes escalerai'' * '' Colletes eulophi'' * '' Colletes eupogonites'' * '' Colletes everaertae'' * '' Colletes extensicornis'' * '' Colletes fasciatus'' * '' Colletes fascicularis'' * '' Colletes faurei'' * '' Colletes flaminii'' * '' Colletes flavicornis'' * '' Colletes floralis'' * '' Colletes fodiens'' * '' Colletes formosus'' * '' Colletes foveolaris'' *'' Colletes francesae'' * '' Colletes fraterculus'' * '' Colletes friesei'' * '' Colletes frontalis'' * '' Colletes fulgidus'' * '' Colletes fulvicornis'' * '' Colletes fulvipes'' * '' Colletes furfuraceus'' * '' Colletes fuscicornis'' * '' Colletes fusconotus'' * '' Colletes gallicus'' * '' Colletes gandhi'' * '' Colletes genalis'' * '' Colletes gessi'' * '' Colletes gigas'' * '' Colletes gilensis'' * '' Colletes gilvus'' * '' Colletes glaber'' * '' Colletes glycyrrhizae'' * '' Colletes gorillarum'' * '' Colletes graeffei'' * '' Colletes granpiedrensis'' * '' Colletes grisellus'' * '' Colletes griseus'' * '' Colletes guadalajarensis'' * '' Colletes guichardi'' * '' Colletes gussakowskii'' * '' Colletes gypsicolens'' * '' Colletes hakkari'' * '' Colletes halophilus'' * '' Colletes harreri'' * '' Colletes haubrugei'' * ''
Colletes hederae ''Colletes hederae'', the ivy bee, is a species of plasterer bee belonging to the family Colletidae subfamily Colletinae. Taxonomy These mining bees have been only recently described (Schmidt & Westrich 1993) as a distinct species. Until then, ...
'' * '' Colletes hedini'' * '' Colletes hethiticus'' * '' Colletes hicaco'' * '' Colletes hiekejuniori'' * '' Colletes hiekeseniori'' * '' Colletes himalayensis'' * '' Colletes hirtibasis'' * '' Colletes howardi'' * '' Colletes hyalinus'' * '' Colletes hylaeiformis'' * '' Colletes idoneus'' * '' Colletes impunctatus'' * '' Colletes inaequalis'' * '' Colletes inconspicuus'' * '' Colletes indicus'' * '' Colletes inexpectatus'' * '' Colletes infracognitus'' * '' Colletes inornatus'' * '' Colletes integer'' * '' Colletes intermixtus'' * '' Colletes intricatus'' * '' Colletes inuncantipedis'' * '' Colletes iranicus'' * '' Colletes issykkuli'' * '' Colletes isthmicus'' * '' Colletes jankowskyi'' * '' Colletes jejunus'' * '' Colletes joergenseni'' * '' Colletes judaicus'' * '' Colletes kansensis'' * '' Colletes karooensis'' * '' Colletes kaszabi'' * '' Colletes katharinae'' * '' Colletes kerri'' * '' Colletes kincaidii'' * '' Colletes knersvlaktei'' * '' Colletes kozlovi'' * '' Colletes kudonis'' * '' Colletes lacunatus'' * '' Colletes laevifrons'' * '' Colletes laevigena'' * '' Colletes langeanus'' * '' Colletes larreae'' * '' Colletes latefasciatus'' * '' Colletes laticaudus'' * '' Colletes laticeps'' * '' Colletes laticinctus'' * '' Colletes latipes'' * '' Colletes latitarsis'' * '' Colletes lebedewi'' * '' Colletes ligatus'' * '' Colletes lineatus'' * '' Colletes linsleyi'' * '' Colletes longiceps'' * '' Colletes longifacies'' * '' Colletes louisae'' * '' Colletes lucasi'' * '' Colletes lucens'' * '' Colletes lutzi'' * '' Colletes luzhouensis'' * '' Colletes lycii'' * '' Colletes macconnelli'' * '' Colletes mackieae'' * '' Colletes maidli'' * '' Colletes malleatus'' * '' Colletes malmus'' * '' Colletes mandibularis'' * '' Colletes marginatus'' * '' Colletes marleyi'' * '' Colletes maroccanus'' * '' Colletes mastochila'' * '' Colletes merceti'' * '' Colletes meridionalis'' * '' Colletes metzi'' * '' Colletes mexicanus'' * '' Colletes meyeri'' * '' Colletes michaelis'' * '' Colletes micheneri'' * '' Colletes michenerianus'' * '' Colletes microdontoides'' * '' Colletes microdontus'' * '' Colletes mimincus'' * '' Colletes minutissimus'' * '' Colletes minutus'' * '' Colletes missionum'' * '' Colletes mitchelli'' * '' Colletes mixtus'' * '' Colletes mlokossewiczi'' * '' Colletes moctezumensis'' * '' Colletes montacuti'' * '' Colletes montefragus'' * '' Colletes morawitzi'' * '' Colletes moricei'' * '' Colletes motaguensis'' * '' Colletes mourei'' * '' Colletes murinus'' * '' Colletes musculus'' * '' Colletes nanaeformis'' * '' Colletes nanellus'' * '' Colletes nanus'' * '' Colletes nasutus'' * '' Colletes nautlanus'' * '' Colletes neoqueenensis'' * '' Colletes nieuwoudtvillei'' * '' Colletes niger'' * '' Colletes nigricans'' * '' Colletes nigrifrons'' * '' Colletes nigritulus'' * '' Colletes nitescens'' * '' Colletes nitidicollis'' * '' Colletes niveatus'' * '' Colletes noskiewiczi'' * '' Colletes nudus'' * '' Colletes obscurus'' * '' Colletes ochraceus'' * '' Colletes omanus'' * '' Colletes opacicollis'' * '' Colletes opacus'' * '' Colletes ornatus'' * '' Colletes ottomanus'' * '' Colletes pallescens'' * '' Colletes pallipes'' * '' Colletes panamensis'' * '' Colletes paniscus'' * '' Colletes parafodiens'' * '' Colletes paratibeticus'' * '' Colletes patagonicus'' * '' Colletes patellatus'' * '' Colletes pauljohni'' * '' Colletes penulatus'' * '' Colletes perezi'' * '' Colletes perforator'' * '' Colletes perileucus'' * '' Colletes perplexus'' * '' Colletes persicus'' * '' Colletes peruvicus'' * '' Colletes petalostemonis'' * '' Colletes petropolitanus'' * '' Colletes phaceliae'' * '' Colletes phenax'' * '' Colletes pinnatus'' * '' Colletes platycnema'' * '' Colletes plebeius'' * '' Colletes plumulosus'' * '' Colletes pollinarius'' * '' Colletes popovi'' * '' Colletes productus'' * '' Colletes prosopidis'' * '' Colletes pseudocinerascens'' * '' Colletes pseudojejunus'' * '' Colletes pseudolaevigena'' * '' Colletes pulchellus'' * '' Colletes pumilus'' * '' Colletes punctatus'' * '' Colletes punctipennis'' * '' Colletes quadrigenis'' * '' Colletes radoszkowskii'' * '' Colletes ravulus'' * '' Colletes recurvatus'' * '' Colletes reginae'' * '' Colletes reinigi'' * '' Colletes restingensis'' * '' Colletes reticulatus'' * '' Colletes rhodaspis'' * '' Colletes robertsonii'' * '' Colletes roborovskyi'' * '' Colletes rohweri'' * '' Colletes rothschildi'' * '' Colletes rozeni'' * '' Colletes rubellus'' * '' Colletes rubicola'' * '' Colletes rubripes'' * '' Colletes rubrovittatus'' * '' Colletes rudis'' * '' Colletes ruficollis'' * '' Colletes rufipes'' * '' Colletes rufitarsis'' * '' Colletes rufocinctus'' * '' Colletes rufosignatus'' * '' Colletes rufotibialis'' * '' Colletes rugicollis'' * '' Colletes rutilans'' * '' Colletes salicicola'' * '' Colletes salsolae'' * '' Colletes sanctus'' * '' Colletes saritensis'' * '' Colletes schmidi'' * '' Colletes schrottkyi'' * '' Colletes schultzei'' * '' Colletes schwarzi'' * '' Colletes scopiventer'' * '' Colletes seitzi'' * '' Colletes sellatus'' * '' Colletes seminitens'' * '' Colletes seminitidus'' * '' Colletes senilis'' * '' Colletes sichuanensis'' * '' Colletes sidemii'' * '' Colletes sierrensis'' * '' Colletes similis'' * '' Colletes simulans'' * '' Colletes simus'' * '' Colletes skinneri'' * '' Colletes skorikowi'' * '' 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'' * '' Colletes standfussi'' * '' Colletes steinbachi'' * '' Colletes stellatus'' * '' Colletes stepheni'' * '' Colletes striginasis'' * '' Colletes subdilatatus'' * '' Colletes submarginatus'' * '' Colletes subnitens'' * '' Colletes succinctus'' * '' Colletes sulcatus'' * '' Colletes susannae'' * '' Colletes swenki'' * '' Colletes tadschikus'' * '' Colletes taiwanensis'' * '' Colletes tardus'' * '' Colletes tectiventris'' * '' Colletes testaceipes'' * '' Colletes texanus'' * '' Colletes thoracicus'' * '' Colletes thysanellae'' * '' Colletes tibeticus'' * '' Colletes timberlakei'' * '' Colletes tinctulus'' * '' Colletes tingoensis'' * '' Colletes titusensis'' * '' Colletes tomentosus'' * '' Colletes transitorius'' * '' Colletes trigonatus'' * '' Colletes tuberculatus'' * '' Colletes tuberculiger'' * '' Colletes tulbaghensis'' * '' Colletes turgiventris'' * '' Colletes ulrikae'' * '' Colletes uralensis'' * '' Colletes utilis'' * '' Colletes vachali'' * '' Colletes wacki'' * '' Colletes wahisi'' * '' Colletes wahrmani'' * '' Colletes validus'' * '' Colletes vandykei'' * '' Colletes warnckei'' * '' Colletes watmoughi'' * '' Colletes weiski'' * '' Colletes westghats'' * '' Colletes wickhami'' * '' Colletes willistoni'' * '' Colletes wilmattae'' * '' Colletes virgatus'' * '' Colletes wolfi'' * '' Colletes wollmanni'' * '' Colletes volsellatus'' * '' Colletes wootoni'' * '' Colletes xerophilus'' * '' Colletes xuechengensis'' * '' Colletes yemensis'' * '' Colletes zuluensis'' * '' 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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q644573 Colletidae Bee genera Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille