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Colletes Latreille

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Colletidae; Subfamily: Colletinae)

Colletes Latreille, 1802

Colletes abessinicus Friese, 1915

Colletes abnormis Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes albohirtus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes antecessus Cockerell, 1932

Colletes aureocinctus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes bokkeveldi Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes capensis Cameron, 1905

Colletes cardiurus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes cinctellus Friese, 1925

Colletes claripes Friese, 1925

Colletes cyanonitidus Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes denudatus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes durbanensis Cockerell, 1919

Colletes eardleyi Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes fasciatus Smith, 1853

Colletes fascicularis Cockerell, 1932

Colletes faurei Cockerell, 1946

Colletes fusconotus Cockerell, 1919

Colletes genalis Friese, 1909

Colletes gessi Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes gorillarum Cockerell, 1932

Colletes hirtibasis Cockerell, 1936

Colletes infracognitus Cockerell, 1937

Colletes inornatus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes karooensis Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes katharinae Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes knersvlaktei Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes latefasciatus Friese, 1925

Colletes laticaudus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes latipes Friese, 1915

Colletes mackieae Cockerell, 1932

Colletes malleatus Cockerell, 1933

Colletes malmus (Cameron, 1905)

Colletes marleyi Cockerell, 1919

Colletes michaelis Cockerell, 1936

Colletes microdontus Cockerell, 1937

Colletes missionum Cockerell, 1932

Colletes nanellus Cockerell, 1945

Colletes nieuwoudtvillei Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes obscurus Friese, 1925

Colletes opacicollis Friese, 1909

Colletes opacus Friese, 1925

Colletes perezi Morice, 1904

Colletes phenax Cockerell, 1946

Colletes plebeius Cockerell, 1946

Colletes reginae Cockerell, 1946

Colletes rothschildi Vachal, 1910

Colletes rubrovittatus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes ruficollis Friese, 1925

Colletes rufitarsis Friese, 1909

Colletes rufotibialis Friese, 1909

Colletes salsolae Cockerell, 1934

Colletes schultzei Friese, 1909

Colletes seminitens Cockerell, 1919

Colletes somereni Cockerell, 1947

Colletes sordescens Cockerell, 1933

Colletes sorocula Cockerell, 1936

Colletes stellatus Cockerell, 1946

Colletes testaceipes Friese, 1909

Colletes tinctulus Cockerell, 1937

Colletes tulbaghensis Kuhlmann, 1998

Colletes watmoughi Kuhlmann, 2007

Colletes zuluensis Friese, 1925

Colletes zygophyllum Kuhlmann, 2007

Distribution	Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic region.
Biology	Most species collect pollen into an external pollen carrying apparatus (scopa).
References	Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250. Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548. Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp. 279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. 2010. The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi, 138 pp. Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 953 pp.
Credits	Photographs © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010. Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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