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Colletes

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Colletes
Colletes hederae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Subfamily: Colletinae
Genus: Colletes
Latreille, 1802 [1]
Species

over 450

Colletes cuniculariusin nest entrance
Colletes phaceliae
Colletes compactus
Colletes speculiferus
Colletes thysanellae

The genus Colletes (plasterer bees or cellophane bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, although have a broad distribution except for Australasia and Antarctica.[2] 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,[3] earning them the nickname polyester bees.[4]

As of 2012 there were about 469 described species, and an estimated total around 700.[5] They occur throughout the world except in Antarctica, Australia, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia.[5] There are about 60 species in Europe[5] and about 100 in North America north of Mexico.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Colletes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Ferrari, R.R., Onuferko, T.M., Monckton, S.K. & Packer, L. (2020). The evolutionary history of the cellophane bee genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and implications for a global infrageneric classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: DOI: /10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106750 Paywall Reference page.
  3. ^ Hefetz, A., et al. (1979). Natural polyesters: Dufour's gland macrocyclic lactones form brood cell laminesters in Colletes bees. Science 204(4391), 415-17.
  4. ^ Eveleth, R. and D. Chachra. Can Bees Make Tupperware? Scientific American December 19, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ 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. Archived 2014-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Florida Entomologist 94(4) 897-901.
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