# Colletes

El género Colletes es un numeroso grupo de abejas que anidan en el suelo de la familia Colletidae. Tienden a ser solitarias, pero algunas agrupan sus nidos en proximidad a otros, a veces en grandes cantidades. Forran el interior de sus nidos con una secreción semejante al celofán (un verdadero poliéster) y por esto su nombre común en inglés suele ser cellophane bees o plasterer bees. Otros miembros de la familia reciben el mismo nombre.
Son del tamaño de una abeja doméstica, también de tamaño y aspecto similar a muchas abejas de la familia Andrenidae. El rostro tiene forma de corazón, la lengua es corta, gruesa y bifurcada en la punta. Los ojos están ubicados en ángulo en vez de ser paralelos. Carecen de placa en el pigidio y penachos de setas.
Se cuentan 469 especies descritas (2012) y se calcula que debe haber hasta 700. Están distribuidas por todo el mundo, excepto Antártida, Australia, Madagascar y el sureste de Asia, La mayoría en el hemisferio norte. Hay alrededor de 60 especies en Europa y aproximadamente 100 en América del Norte al norte de México.

## Especies

* Colletes abeillei
* Colletes aberrans
* Colletes abessinicus
* Colletes abnormis
* Colletes acutiformis
* Colletes acutus
* Colletes aestivalis
* Colletes aethiops
* Colletes albescens
* Colletes albicinctus
* Colletes albohirtus
* Colletes albomaculatus
* Colletes alfkeni
* Colletes alfredjohni
* Colletes algarobiae
* Colletes alicularis
* Colletes alini
* Colletes alocochila
* Colletes americanus
* Colletes anceps
* Colletes anchusae
* Colletes andrewsi
* Colletes angelicus
* Colletes ankarae
* Colletes annae
* Colletes annapurnensis
* Colletes annejohnae
* Colletes annulicornis
* Colletes antecessus
* Colletes antiguensis
* Colletes arabicus
* Colletes araucariae
* Colletes arenarius
* Colletes aridus
* Colletes arizonensis
* Colletes armeniacus
* Colletes arsenjevi
* Colletes arztbergi
* Colletes asiaticus
* Colletes askhabadensis
* Colletes atacamensis
* Colletes atlassus
* Colletes atripes
* Colletes aureocinctus
* Colletes azteka
* Colletes azureus
* Colletes babai
* Colletes banksi
* Colletes beamerorum
* Colletes bernadettae
* Colletes bhutanicus
* Colletes bicolor
* Colletes bidentulus
* Colletes birkmanni
* Colletes bischoffi
* Colletes biskrensis
* Colletes bokkeveldi
* Colletes bombiformis
* Colletes bradleyi
* Colletes brethesi
* Colletes brevicornis
* Colletes brevigena
* Colletes brevinodis
* Colletes brimleyi
* Colletes brumalis
* Colletes bruneri
* Colletes brunneitarsis
* Colletes bryanti
* Colletes bulbotibialis
* Colletes bumeliae
* Colletes bytinskii
* Colletes californicus
* Colletes canescens
* Colletes capensis
* Colletes capitatus
* Colletes cardiurus
* Colletes carinatus
* Colletes cariniger
* Colletes caskanus
* Colletes caspicus
* Colletes cercidii
* Colletes chalybaeus
* Colletes chamaesarachae
* Colletes chengtehensis
* Colletes ciliatoides
* Colletes ciliatus
* Colletes cinctellus
* Colletes cinerascens
* Colletes claripes
* Colletes clarus
* Colletes clematidis
* Colletes clypearis
* Colletes clypeatus
* Colletes clypeonitens
* Colletes cognatus
* Colletes collaris
* Colletes comatus
* Colletes comberi
* Colletes compactus
* Colletes conradti
* Colletes consors
* Colletes constrictus
* Colletes coriandri
* Colletes costaricensis
* Colletes covilleae
* Colletes cretaceus
* Colletes creticus
* Colletes cunicularius
* Colletes cyanescens
* Colletes cyaneus
* Colletes cyanonitidus
* Colletes cyprius
* Colletes daleae
* Colletes daourus
* Colletes daviesanus
* Colletes delicatus
* Colletes delodontus
* Colletes dentiventris
* Colletes denudatus
* Colletes deserticola
* Colletes desertorum
* Colletes dilatatus
* Colletes dimidiatus
* Colletes dinizi
* Colletes diodontus
* Colletes distinctus
* Colletes dorni
* Colletes dorsalis
* Colletes dubitatus
* Colletes dudgeonii
* Colletes durbanensis
* Colletes dusmeti
* Colletes eardleyi
* Colletes eatoni
* Colletes ebmeri
* Colletes edentulus
* Colletes elegans
* Colletes emaceatus
* Colletes eous
* Colletes esakii
* Colletes escalerai
* Colletes eulophi
* Colletes eupogonites
* Colletes everaertae
* Colletes extensicornis
* Colletes fasciatus
* Colletes fascicularis
* Colletes faurei
* Colletes flaminii
* Colletes flavicornis
* Colletes floralis
* Colletes fodiens
* Colletes formosus
* Colletes foveolaris
* Colletes fraterculus
* Colletes friesei
* Colletes frontalis
* Colletes fulgidus
* Colletes fulvicornis
* Colletes fulvipes
* Colletes furfuraceus
* Colletes fuscicornis
* Colletes fusconotus
* Colletes gallicus
* Colletes gandhi
* Colletes genalis
* Colletes gessi
* Colletes gigas
* Colletes gilensis
* Colletes gilvus
* Colletes glaber
* Colletes glycyrrhizae
* Colletes gorillarum
* Colletes graeffei
* Colletes granpiedrensis
* Colletes grisellus
* Colletes griseus
* Colletes guadalajarensis
* Colletes guichardi
* Colletes gussakowskii
* Colletes gypsicolens
* Colletes hakkari
* Colletes halophilus
* Colletes harreri
* Colletes haubrugei
* Colletes hederae
* Colletes hedini
* Colletes hethiticus
* Colletes hicaco
* Colletes hiekejuniori
* Colletes hiekeseniori
* Colletes himalayensis
* Colletes hirtibasis
* Colletes howardi
* Colletes hyalinus
* Colletes hylaeiformis
* Colletes idoneus
* Colletes impunctatus
* Colletes inaequalis
* Colletes inconspicuus
* Colletes indicus
* Colletes inexpectatus
* Colletes infracognitus
* Colletes inornatus
* Colletes integer
* Colletes intermixtus
* Colletes intricatus
* Colletes inuncantipedis
* Colletes iranicus
* Colletes issykkuli
* Colletes isthmicus
* Colletes jankowskyi
* Colletes jejunus
* Colletes joergenseni
* Colletes judaicus
* Colletes kansensis
* Colletes karooensis
* Colletes kaszabi
* Colletes katharinae
* Colletes kerri
* Colletes kincaidii
* Colletes knersvlaktei
* Colletes kozlovi
* Colletes kudonis
* Colletes lacunatus
* Colletes laevifrons
* Colletes laevigena
* Colletes langeanus
* Colletes larreae
* Colletes latefasciatus
* Colletes laticaudus
* Colletes laticeps
* Colletes laticinctus
* Colletes latipes
* Colletes latitarsis
* Colletes lebedewi
* Colletes ligatus
* Colletes lineatus
* Colletes linsleyi
* Colletes longiceps
* Colletes longifacies
* Colletes louisae
* Colletes lucasi
* Colletes lucens
* Colletes lutzi
* Colletes luzhouensis
* Colletes lycii
* Colletes macconnelli
* Colletes mackieae
* Colletes maidli
* Colletes malleatus
* Colletes malmus
* Colletes mandibularis
* Colletes marginatus
* Colletes marleyi
* Colletes maroccanus
* Colletes mastochila
* Colletes merceti
* Colletes meridionalis
* Colletes metzi
* Colletes mexicanus
* Colletes meyeri
* Colletes michaelis
* Colletes micheneri
* Colletes michenerianus
* Colletes microdontoides
* Colletes microdontus
* Colletes mimincus
* Colletes minutissimus
* Colletes minutus
* Colletes missionum
* Colletes mitchelli
* Colletes mixtus
* Colletes mlokossewiczi
* Colletes moctezumensis
* Colletes montacuti
* Colletes montefragus
* Colletes morawitzi
* Colletes moricei
* Colletes motaguensis
* Colletes mourei
* Colletes murinus
* Colletes musculus
* Colletes nanaeformis
* Colletes nanellus
* Colletes nanus
* Colletes nasutus
* Colletes nautlanus
* Colletes neoqueenensis
* Colletes nieuwoudtvillei
* Colletes niger
* Colletes nigricans
* Colletes nigrifrons
* Colletes nigritulus
* Colletes nitescens
* Colletes nitidicollis
* Colletes niveatus
* Colletes noskiewiczi
* Colletes nudus
* Colletes obscurus
* Colletes ochraceus
* Colletes omanus
* Colletes opacicollis
* Colletes opacus
* Colletes ornatus
* Colletes ottomanus
* Colletes pallescens
* Colletes pallipes
* Colletes panamensis
* Colletes paniscus
* Colletes parafodiens
* Colletes paratibeticus
* Colletes patagonicus
* Colletes patellatus
* Colletes pauljohni
* Colletes penulatus
* Colletes perezi
* Colletes perforator
* Colletes perileucus
* Colletes perplexus
* Colletes persicus
* Colletes peruvicus
* Colletes petalostemonis
* Colletes petropolitanus
* Colletes phaceliae
* Colletes phenax
* Colletes pinnatus
* Colletes platycnema
* Colletes plebeius
* Colletes plumulosus
* Colletes pollinarius
* Colletes popovi
* Colletes productus
* Colletes prosopidis
* Colletes pseudocinerascens
* Colletes pseudojejunus
* Colletes pseudolaevigena
* Colletes pulchellus
* Colletes pumilus
* Colletes punctatus
* Colletes punctipennis
* Colletes quadrigenis
* Colletes radoszkowskii
* Colletes ravulus
* Colletes recurvatus
* Colletes reginae
* Colletes reinigi
* Colletes restingensis
* Colletes reticulatus
* Colletes rhodaspis
* Colletes robertsonii
* Colletes roborovskyi
* Colletes rohweri
* Colletes rothschildi
* Colletes rozeni
* Colletes rubellus
* Colletes rubicola
* Colletes rubripes
* Colletes rubrovittatus
* Colletes rudis
* Colletes ruficollis
* Colletes rufipes
* Colletes rufitarsis
* Colletes rufocinctus
* Colletes rufosignatus
* Colletes rufotibialis
* Colletes rugicollis
* Colletes rutilans
* Colletes salicicola
* Colletes salsolae
* Colletes sanctus
* Colletes saritensis
* Colletes schmidi
* Colletes schrottkyi
* Colletes schultzei
* Colletes schwarzi
* Colletes scopiventer
* Colletes seitzi
* Colletes sellatus
* Colletes seminitens
* Colletes seminitidus
* Colletes senilis
* Colletes sichuanensis
* Colletes sidemii
* Colletes sierrensis
* Colletes similis
* Colletes simulans
* Colletes simus
* Colletes skinneri
* Colletes skorikowi
* Colletes slevini
* Colletes sodalis
* Colletes solidaginis
* Colletes solitarius
* Colletes somereni
* Colletes sordescens
* Colletes sororcula
* Colletes speculiferus
* Colletes sphaeralceae
* Colletes spilopterus
* Colletes squamosus
* Colletes squamulosus
* Colletes stachi
* Colletes standfussi
* Colletes steinbachi
* Colletes stellatus
* Colletes stepheni
* Colletes striginasis
* Colletes subdilatatus
* Colletes submarginatus
* Colletes subnitens
* Colletes succinctus
* Colletes sulcatus
* Colletes susannae
* Colletes swenki
* Colletes tadschikus
* Colletes taiwanensis
* Colletes tardus
* Colletes tectiventris
* Colletes testaceipes
* Colletes texanus
* Colletes thoracicus
* Colletes thysanellae
* Colletes tibeticus
* Colletes timberlakei
* Colletes tinctulus
* Colletes tingoensis
* Colletes titusensis
* Colletes tomentosus
* Colletes transitorius
* Colletes trigonatus
* Colletes tuberculatus
* Colletes tuberculiger
* Colletes tulbaghensis
* Colletes turgiventris
* Colletes ulrikae
* Colletes uralensis
* Colletes utilis
* Colletes vachali
* Colletes wacki
* Colletes wahisi
* Colletes wahrmani
* Colletes validus
* Colletes vandykei
* Colletes warnckei
* Colletes watmoughi
* Colletes weiski
* Colletes westghats
* Colletes wickhami
* Colletes willistoni
* Colletes wilmattae
* Colletes virgatus
* Colletes wolfi
* Colletes wollmanni
* Colletes volsellatus
* Colletes wootoni
* Colletes xerophilus
* Colletes xuechengensis
* Colletes yemensis
* Colletes zuluensis
* Colletes zygophyllum
* Colletes compactus
* Colletes speculiferus
* Colletes thysanellae'
* Colletes phaceliae
* Colletes daviesanus en Tanacetum vulgare
* Detalle de la cabeza de un Colletes daviesanus.
* Vista lateral y detalle del ojo.