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Colletinae
Colletinae is a subfamily of bees belonging to the family Colletidae. Genera Genera within this subfamily include: Michener, C.D. 1989. Classification of American Colletinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 622–703. * '' Brachyglossula'' Hedicke, 1922 * '' Callomelitta'' Smith, 1853 * '' Chrysocolletes'' Michener, 1965 * ''Colletes 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 ...'' Latreille, 1802 * '' Eulonchopria'' Brèthes, 1909 * '' Glossurocolletes'' Michener, 1965 * '' Hesperocolletes'' Michener, 1965 * '' Leioproctus'' Smith, 1853 * '' Lonchopria'' Vachal, 1905 * '' Lonchorhyncha'' Michener, 1989 * '' Mourecotelles'' Toro & Cabezas, 1977 * '' Neopasiphae'' Perkins, 1912 * '' Niltonia'' Moure, 1964 * '' Paracolletes'' Smith, 1853 * '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 into a cellophane-like lining. C. D. Michener (2007) ''The Bees of the World'', 2nd Edition, pg. 133, Johns Hopkins University Press. The five subfamilies, 54 genera, and over 2000 species are all (with the known exception of but one species, '' Amphylaeus morosus'') evidently solitary, though many nest in aggregations. Two of the subfamilies, Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae, lack the external pollen-carrying apparatus (the scopa) that otherwise characterizes most bees, and instead carry the pollen in their crops. These groups, and most genera in this family, have liquid or semiliquid pollen masses on which the larvae develop. They can be found all over the world, but the most species live in South America and Australia. Over 50% of all bee spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 be found in Near East, in North Africa. and in Argentina. Habitat These plasterer bee can be found on sandy soils, on coastal cliffs and dunes and on chalk grassland, meadows, hedge rows, moors, heaths and open woodland. Description ''Colletes similis'' can reach a body length of about in males, of about in females. Forewing length can reach in males, about in females. Body of these bees is black and rather robust. Head and thorax are closely punctured, with dense fulvous hairs. Third joint of the antennae in the males is slightly longer tban the fourth. Wings are slightly clouded, with pale nervures. Post scutellum and mesonotum show dense, fulvous hairs. Abdomen is slightly shining, ovate, finely rugulose, closely and distinctl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colletes
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 in the genus build cells in underground nests that are lined with a cellophane-like plastic secretion, a true polyester,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. ChachraCan 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, Australia, Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperocolletes
''Hesperocolletes douglasi'', the Rottnest bee or Douglas's broad-headed bee, is a rediscovered species of plasterer bee that is endemic to Australia, and the sole known member of the genus ''Hesperocolletes''. It was described from a single specimen collected in 1938 on Rottnest Island, located off the coast of Western Australia. A second specimen was found in 2015, in ''Banksia'' woodland at Pinjar, Western Australia. Description The bee's body is black, shiny and 12 mm long and wings were brown and up to 8 mm long. It is about the same size as a honeybee. It is generally black and brown and moderately hairy. ''Hesperocolletes douglasi'' is superficially like a number of other native bees and careful examination under a microscope would be required to distinguish a specimen. Taxonomy Bee expert Charles Michener described and named the species in 1965 on the basis of the 1938 specimen, designating it as the holotype, and created the monotypic genus ''Hesperocollete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 in the genus build cells in underground nests that are lined with a cellophane-like plastic secretion, a true polyester,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. ChachraCan 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, Australia, Mada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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