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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. The five subfamilies, 54 genera, and over 2000 species are all evidently solitary (with the known exception of but one species, Amphylaeus morosus), though many nest in aggregations. Two of the subfamilies, Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae, lack the external pollen-carrying apparatus (the scopa) that otherwise characterizes most b
Hylaeus
genus of insects
Colletes cunicularius
species of insect
Colletes
Colletes (plasterer bees or cellophane bees) is a large genus of smallish and hairy ground-nesting bees of the short-tongued bee family Colletidae. They have an almost worldwide distribution, but occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere where they are found almost everywhere up to the edge of the Arctic ice.
Colletes daviesanus
species of insect
Colletes hederae
species of insect
Hylaeus communis
species of insect
Colletes halophilus
species of insect
Hylaeus annulatus
species of insect
Hylaeus confusus
species of insect
Hylaeus hyalinatus
species of insect
Colletes succinctus
species of insect
Zikanapis elegans
species of insect
Hylaeus relegatus
species of bee, endemic to New Zealand
Colletes similis
species of insect
Hylaeus nigritus
species of insect
Northern Colletes
species of insect
Colletes fodiens
species of insect
Colletes latitarsis
species of insect
Colletes validus
species of insect
Colletes phaceliae
species of insect
Colletes solidaginis
species of insect
Colletes elegans
species of insect
Hylaeus lactiferus
species of insect
Hylaeus leptocephalus
species of insect
Hylaeus affinis
species of insect
Colletes marginatus
species of insect
Hylaeus euxanthus
species of insect
Caupolicana
thumb|right|300px|Caupolicana electa thumb|Dorsal view of a Caupolicana electa Cresson, 1878 specimen collected from Treutlen County, Georgia on October 3, 2024. Scale bar indicates 10 mm. Caupolicana is a genus of bees in the family Colletidae, native to the Americas; most species are crepuscular in habit, visiting flowers only at dawn and/or dusk. There are over 50 known species, in 4 subgenera (some of which have been historically treated as valid genera).
Hylaeus agilis
species of bee
Colletes compactus
species of insect
Hylaeus brevicornis
species of insect
Hylaeus foveatus
species of insect
Hylaeus hilaris
species of insect
Hylaeus sanguinipictus
species of insect
Hylaeus perkinsianus
species of insect
Hylaeus schwarzii
species of insect
Hylaeus assimulans
species of insect
Hylaeus mana
species of insect
Hylaeus verticalis
species of insect
Hyleoides concinna
species of insect
Colletes titusensis
species of insect
Hylaeus anthracinus
species of insect
Banksia bee
species of insect
Colletes kincaidii
species of insect
Colletes inaequalis
species of insect
Neopasiphae simplicior
species of insect
Hylaeus nubilosus
species of insect
Hylaeus kuakea
species of insect
Hylaeus modestus
species of insect
Colletes caspicus
species of insect
Colletes speculiferus
species of insect
Hylaeus longiceps
species of insect
Colletes hyalinus
species of insect
Hylaeus ornatus
species of insect
Hylaeus facilis
species of insect
Chilicola
Chilicola is a genus of bee comprising 15 subgenera.
Caupolicana yarrowi
species of insect
Hylaeus basalis
species of insect
Palaeorhiza
Palaeorhiza is a genus of bees belonging to the family Colletidae and the subfamily Hylaeinae. The species are found in Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
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