Colletes rufocinctus Cockerell, 1929
Properties
Scientific Name: Colletes rufocinctus Cockerell, 1929
Common Name: Red-belted Plasterer Bee
Taxonomy
Colletes rufocinctus Cockerell, 1929b: 298 [♂‚]
Holotype ♂‚. USA, Colorado, between Longs Peak Inn and Estes Park Village, August [year not provided] [CAS; Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside].
Colletes truncatus Timberlake, 1943: 396 [♀] [synonymy by Timberlake (1951b)]
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, meadows at Estes Park, 12 August 1919, by H.F. Schwarz [AMNH]
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Melilotus albus, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, Grindelia squarrosa, Helianthus petiolaris, Solidago canadensis, Solidago rigida, Taraxacum sp.
Distribution: Alberta, Manitoba
Ecozone: Prairie