Colletes simulans

{{Short description|Species of bee}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

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| image = Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee imported from iNaturalist photo 225706341 on 18 November 2023.jpg

| image_caption = Vermont, 2022

| genus = Colletes

| species = simulans

| authority = Cresson, 1868

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Colletes simulans is a species in the family Colletidae ("cellophane or plasterer, masked, and fork-tongued bees"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies").{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/104745|title=Colletes simulans Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=654631|title=Colletes simulans Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)|accessdate=2018-01-18}} The species is known generally as the spine-shouldered cellophane bee.{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/1065588/overview|title=Colletes simulans Species Overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=2018-01-18}}

It is found in North America.Sharkey M.J. (2007). Hylogeny 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.