Colletes salicicola Cockerell 1897

Colletes salicicola Cockerell, 1897 [CASC; ♀ Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA; May 3, 1896] Colletes salicicola is a common species in the desert regions of northern Mexico and the southwestern USA. This species has been previously reported in the Coastal Sage Matorral, Lower Colorado Desert, and Gulf Coast with preserved specimens in AMNH, BBSL, and CNIN (GBIF 2023). The CARCIB team collected this species in the Central Desert in August and September 2017 (3 ♂), Vizcaíno Desert August 2017 (1 ♂), and Magdalena Plains between 2015 and 2018 (15 ♂, 3 ♀). Additionally, the BBPT collected two males in Central and Vizcaíno deserts in March 2021. Voucher specimens are in MABC, and ECOAB. See fig. 157.