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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. [1] The five subfamilies, 54 genera, and over 2000 species ...
Colletinae is a subfamily of bees belonging to the family Colletidae. Wing venation in Colletinae Genera. Genera within this subfamily include: Brachyglossula Hedicke, 1922; Callomelitta Smith, 1853; Chrysocolletes Michener, 1965; Colletes Latreille, 1802; Eulonchopria Brèthes, 1909; Glossurocolletes Michener, 1965; Hesperocolletes Michener, 1965
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. They tend to be solitary, but sometimes nest close together in aggregations.
Example genera in Colletidae Bee Family. Hylaeus - Yellow-face bees. Small bees with distinctive yellow markings on their faces. Hylaeus communis - Common yellow-face bee. Colletes - Plasterer bees. Colletes species are medium-sized bees. This is a diverse genus with 518 valid species distributed in all biogeographic realms, except Australasia ...
GRIN link : Colletieae (+genus list (WARNING: containing synonyms)) (Warning: different GRIN Id between wikidata 'Colletieae' and wikicommons ) NCBI link: Colletieae; Tropicos link: Colletieae Reissek ex Endl.
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plasterer bee, (family Colletidae), large family of bees with more than 2,500 species found worldwide. Their common name, which is often used to refer to the bees of the genus Colletes, is derived from the protective, cellophane-like material that females secrete and plaster to the walls of their brood cells—a behavior unique to the family.
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Colletieae. From Wikispecies. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Taxonavigation [edit] Taxonavigation: Rosales Classification System: APG IV ... In Wikipedia. Deutsch ...
