Colletes elegans

Colletes elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Colletidae
Genus:	Colletes
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Colletes elegans; Noskiewicz, 1936

Colletes elegans a species of ground-nesting bee in the genus Colletes, which is found in Israel. It has been found that the species has a strong preference during pollination to plants in the family Resedaceae.^[2]

References

^ palearktischen Colletes-arten. J Noskiewicz, 1936
^ Müller, Andreas; Kuhlmann, Michael (2008). "Pollen hosts of western palaearctic bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): The Asteraceae paradox". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95 (4): 719–733. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01113.x.

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[1] rktischen Colletes-arten. J Noskiewicz, 1936

[2] Müller, Andreas; Kuhlmann, Michael (2008). "Pollen hosts of western palaearctic bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): The Asteraceae paradox". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95 (4): 719–733. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01113.x.

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Colletes elegans

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