Colletes Latreille, 1802
(plasterer bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Colletes hederae
Ivy Bee
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 		Species 41 images 3 ident. refs
Colletes succinctus
Heather (Girdled) Colletes
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusColletes (plasterer bees)
SubfamilyCOLLETINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyCOLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Colletes (plasterer bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Colletes (plasterer bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Colletes (plasterer bees)
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