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Family Colletidae - Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees


Caupolicana from Florida (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
Michener, C. D., & Deyrup, M. (2004). Caupolicana from Florida (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77(4), 774-782.

The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
Michener, C. D. (1966). The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 44(20), 717.

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Bees of the genus Colletes chiefly from Colorado
Timberlake, P. H., & Lutz, F. E. (1943). Bees of the genus Colletes chiefly from Colorado. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 81, article 5.

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A New Species of Caupolicanas.str. from the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico, and a Key to North American Species
Vergara, C. H., & Michener, C. D. (2004). A New Species of Caupolicanas.str. from the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico, and a Key to North American Species of the Subgenus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77(4), 783–787. https://doi.org/10.2317/E3.1

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Early Nesting Biology of the Bee Caupolicana yarrowi (Cresson)(Colletidae: Diphaglossinae)
Rozen, J. G., Danforth, B. N., Smith, C. S., Decker, B. L., Dorian, N. N., Dority, D., ... & Urban-Mead, K. R. (2019). Early Nesting Biology of the Bee Caupolicana yarrowi (Cresson)(Colletidae: Diphaglossinae) and Its Cleptoparasite Triepeolus grandis (Friese)(Apidae: Nomadinae). American Museum Novitates, 2019(3931), 1-20.

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Ecology, Behavior, Pheromones, Parasites and Management of the Sympatric Vernal Bees Colletes inaequalis, C. thoracicus and...
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Batra, S. (1980). Ecology, Behavior, Pheromones, Parasites and Management of the Sympatric Vernal Bees Colletes inaequalis, C. thoracicus and C. validus. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 53(3), 509-538.

Full paper [url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suzanne_Batra4/publication/332494178_Ecology_behavior_pheromones_parasites_and_management_of_the_sympatric_vernal_bees_Colletes_inaequalis_C_thoracicus_and_C_validus/links/5cb7e8ce4585156cd79fa3c6/Ecology-behavior-pheromones-parasites-and-management-of-the-sympatric-vernal-bees-Colletes-inaequalis-C-thoracicus-a

Biological Notes on Colletes compactus compactus and Its Cuckoo Bee, Epeolus pusillus
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Rozen, J., & Favreau, M. (1968). Biological Notes on Colletes compactus compactus and Its Cuckoo Bee, Epeolus pusillus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae and Anthophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 76(2), 106-111. Retrieved July 5, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/25006105

Bees of the genus Colletes of Ontario
Romankova, T. A. T. I. A. N. A. (2003). Bees of the genus Colletes of Ontario (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Colletidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 134, 91-106.

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