Colletes simulans Cresson, 1868
Counties: Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Fillmore, Freeborn, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbard, Isanti, Kandiyohi, Koochiching, Lake, Lyon, Murray, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rock, Saint Louis, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Waseca, Washington, Winona.
Comments: Minnesota specimens fall under the subspecies C. simulans armatus Patton.