Timberlake-1951

Guides

• Colletes tectiventris

  Hairy-tailed Cellophane Bee

  Colletes tectiventris is a solitary ground-nesting bee in the family Colletidae, commonly known as the Hairy-tailed Cellophane Bee. Like other Colletes species, it constructs subterranean burrows lined with a cellophane-like secretion from the Dufour's gland. The species was described by Timberlake in 1951 and occurs in North America. Specific details about its biology remain poorly documented compared to better-studied congeners such as C. inaequalis and C. thoracicus.

  Colletidaesolitary-beeground-nesting-beepolyester-beecellophane-beeNorth-AmericaHymenopteraApoideaTimberlake-1951