taxonID	type	description	language	source
8C018792FFA59B58E0F3FB68FCE76425.taxon	description	Description of female: The female of C. edentulus differs from C. tuberculatus only in the sculpture of the clypeus, the punctation of the terga, and the width of posterior tergal hair bands. In C. edentulus, the punctation of the clypeus is finer and the punctures are more rounded apically (Fig. 2) than in C. tuberculatus (Fig. 1). The posterior hair band of T 1 is slightly broader in C. edentulus (Fig. 5) than in C. tuberculatus (Fig. 4), and the surface of T 1 is flatter and slightly irregular as the light reflections show (Fig. 5), whereas in C. tuberculatus T 1 is regularly convex (Fig. 4). Punctation on the disc of T 1 is similar in both species, but in C. tuberculatus it becomes progressively smaller and denser towards the apex but is still distinct (Fig. 4), whereas in C. edentulus the apical punctation is indistinct, more dispersed, and slightly larger (Fig. 5).	en	Kuhlmann, M. (2010): Taxonomic notes on some Palaearctic Colletes bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 749-755, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5333002
8C018792FFA69B5BE0F3FCE2FC236726.taxon	description	Description of female: The females of the marginatus - group are very similar and C. indicus closely resembles the other species in general habitus (Fig. 7). But like the male (Kuhlmann 2003), it is morpholgically isolated within the species-group and shows some character states that distinguish C. indicus from all of its relatives: the edge of the preoccipital area behind the eyes is weakly developed and not as sharply angled as in the other species; the punctation of the clypeus is much coarser, with the punctures less clearly delimited and about twice the size of those of its relatives, giving the clypeus a more shiny appearance (Fig. 8); the punctation on the disc of T 1 is more dispersed and the punctures are more than twice as wide as in the other species (Fig. 9).	en	Kuhlmann, M. (2010): Taxonomic notes on some Palaearctic Colletes bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 749-755, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5333002
8C018792FFA69B5BE0F3FF66FE356048.taxon	description	Description of female: Colletes ravulus and C. tuberculatus differ only in the sculpture of the clypeus and in the punctation of the terga. In C. ravulus, the distance between the punctures of the clypeus is slightly broader (Fig. 3) than in C. tuberculatus (Fig. 1), but the sculpture is otherwise identical. In C. ravulus, the punctation on the disc of T 1 is much denser and the punctures are slightly smaller (Fig. 6) than in C. tuberculatus (Fig. 4). In both species the punctation becomes much smaller and denser apically, but more so in C. ravulus (Fig. 6).	en	Kuhlmann, M. (2010): Taxonomic notes on some Palaearctic Colletes bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 749-755, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5333002
