''Colletes compactus'' is a species of ground-nesting

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in the genus ''

Colletes The genus ''Colletes'' (plasterer bees or cellophane bees) is a large group of ground-nesting bees of the family Colletidae. They occur primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, although have a broad distribution except for Australasia and Antar ...

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References

Colletidae Insects described in 1868 Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson {{bee-stub