Biology:Colletes titusensis

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Colletes titusensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Colletidae
Genus: Colletes
Species:
C. titusensis
Binomial name
Colletes titusensis
Mitchell, 1951

Colletes titusensis is a species of hymenopteran in the family Colletidae.[1]

It is a rare species of bee, with specimens only collected near Titusville, Florida. It was first described in 1951. A specimen was collected at Canaveral National Seashore (near Cape Canaveral).[2] The National Park Service reports it is a southeastern endemic polyester bee.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2734119 entry