Colletes

Translingual

Colletes daviesanus

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The meaning of Colletes seems to be irregularly shortened from Latin collectus, meaning 'concentrated, gathered together'.

Proper noun

Colletes m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colletidae – some of the plasterer bees, cellophane beess, polyester beess.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Colletidae - family; Colletinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Colletes daviesanus, Colletes elegans, Colletes floralis (northern collete), Colletes hederae (ivy bee), Colletes inaequalis, Colletes marginatus (selected species)
  • For a list of the many species, see Colletes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Colletes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colletes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Colletes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Colletes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.