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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Cellophane bees (Colletes) » Sandhills Cellophane Bee (Colletes ultravalidus)

Species Colletes ultravalidus - Sandhills Cellophane Bee

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)
Genus Colletes (Cellophane bees)
Species ultravalidus (Sandhills Cellophane Bee)
Explanation of Names
The name refers to its resemblance to validus, which it exceeds in length of malar space.
Authors: Hall and Ascher, 2016
Size
Female: 14.27±0.98 mm. Male: 12.62±0.36
Identification
Has the longest malar space of any North American Colletes, exceeding that of its sister species Colletes validus. Overall it resembles C. validus, but its thoracic hair is more orange (closer to thoracicus) and it lacks conspicuous tergal hair bands.
Range
Northern Florida, and one record from southern Georgia
Habitat
Nests at sandy sites
Season
Late winter to early spring
Food
Host plant not fully confirmed but believed to be Pieris (and/or other Ericaceae)
Remarks
Images of this bee were posted to Bugguide prior to its description and these facilitated collaborative research on the new species.
Print References
Description.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 29 January, 2016 - 8:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 6 August, 2020 - 8:36am

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