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Colletes elegans

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Colletes elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Colletes
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Colletes elegans

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]

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References

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  1. ^ palearktischen 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.