Colletes simulans | |
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Vermont, 2022 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Colletidae |
Genus: | Colletes |
Species: | C. simulans
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Binomial name | |
Colletes simulans Cresson, 1868
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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").[1][2] The species is known generally as the spine-shouldered cellophane bee.[3] It is found in North America.[2][4][5]