Colletes elegans
| Colletes elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Colletidae |
| Genus: | Colletes |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Colletes elegans Noskiewicz, 1936[1]
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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]
See also
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.