Colletes americanus Cresson, 1868
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Colletes americanus Cresson, 1868 View in CoL ( americanus group)
American Cellophane Bee
Notes: Colletes americanus was noted in Viereck (1916) as probably present Connecticut due to its known distribution and habitats, however, identification of this species is challenging and has been subject to numerous errors (Kuhlmann & Ascher 2010). Species such as the morphologically similar Colletes speculiferus [= mitchelli] were not yet described and thus unknown to Viereck and other collectors at that time. The first verified record we could find for C. americanus in Connecticut was a specimen collected in 1919. This species is now documented from six Connecticut counties, in habitats such as powerline ROW and sandplain remnants.
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