Colletes thoracicus

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| image = Colletes thoracicus,m,face,Shenandoah Co., VA 2018-05-16-19.28.29 ZS (48772139902).jpg

| genus = Colletes

| species = thoracicus

| authority = Smith, 1853

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Colletes thoracicus, the rufous-chested cellophane bee, is a species of cellophane or plasterer, masked, or fork-tongued bee in the family Colletidae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/87189|title=Colletes thoracicus Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=655048|title=Colletes thoracicus Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-03}} 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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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}

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Category:Colletidae

Category:Insects described in 1853

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