About Colletes simulans Cresson, 1868
Colletes simulans Cresson, 1868 is a bee species classified in the family Colletidae (commonly called cellophane bees, plasterer bees, masked bees, and fork-tongued bees), which belongs to the order Hymenoptera, the group that includes ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies. This species has the common name spine-shouldered cellophane bee, and it occurs in North America.