''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 cellophane bee".
It is found in North America.
[Sharkey M.J. (2007). ''Hylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera''.]["Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. ''Cladistics'' 28(1): 80-112.]
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Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Colletes simulans''
Colletidae
Insects described in 1868
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