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Colletes simulans

Colletes simulans is a species in the family Colletidae, in the order Hymenoptera. The species is known generally as the spine-shouldered cellophane bee. It is found in North America.

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Colletes simulans
Vermont, 2022
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Colletes
Species:
C. simulans
Binomial name
Colletes simulans
Cresson, 1868

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").12 The species is known generally as the spine-shouldered cellophane bee.3 It is found in North America.245

References

References

  1. "Colletes simulans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Colletes simulans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. "Colletes simulans Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. Sharkey M.J. (2007). Hylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
  5. "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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