''Colletes thoracicus'', the rufous-chested cellophane bee, is a species of cellophane or plasterer, masked, or fork-tongued bee in the family
Colletidae.
It is found in North America.
[Sharkey M.J. (2007). ''Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera''.]["Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. ''Cladistics'' 28(1): 80-112.]
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Colletidae
Insects described in 1853
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