Colletes
Colletes | |
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Colletes hederae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Colletes Latreille, 1802 [1] |
Species | |
over 450 |
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,[2] earning them the nickname polyester bees.[3]
As of 2012 there were about 469 described species, and an estimated total around 700.[4] They occur throughout the world except in Antarctica, Australia, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia.[4] There are about 60 species in Europe[4] and about 100 in North America north of Mexico.[5]
Species[]
- Colletes aberrans
- Colletes bryanti
- Colletes caspicus
- Colletes compactus
- Colletes cunicularius
- Colletes daviesanus
- Colletes elegans
- Colletes floralis
- Colletes fodiens
- Colletes fulgidus
- Colletes halophilus
- Colletes hederae
- Colletes howardi
- Colletes hyalinus
- Colletes inaequalis
- Colletes kincaidii
- Colletes latitarsis
- Colletes longifacies
- Colletes marginatus
- Colletes ochraceus
- Colletes phaceliae
- Colletes similis
- Colletes simulans
- Colletes slevini
- Colletes solidaginis
- Colletes succinctus
- Colletes susannae
- Colletes tectiventris
- Colletes thoracicus
- Colletes validus
References[]
- ^ "Colletes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Hefetz, A., et al. (1979). Natural polyesters: Dufour's gland macrocyclic lactones form brood cell laminesters in Colletes bees. Science 204(4391), 415-17.
- ^ Eveleth, R. and D. Chachra. Can Bees Make Tupperware? Scientific American December 19, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ 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.
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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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Categories:
- Colletidae
- Bee genera