Subgenus Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) Cockerell

Trichocolletes Cockerell 1912: 176 . Type species: Lamprocolletes venustus Smith 1862, by original designation. Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes); Michener 1965: 78.

Geographic distribution: temperate regions in Australia (including Tasmania).

Included species (22): Trichocolletes aureotinctus (Cockerell 1906a) [ Anthoglossa]; Trichocolletes burnsi Michener 1965; Trichocolletes chrysostomus (Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes daviesiae Rayment 1931; Trichocolletes dives (Cockerell 1914e) [ Anthoglossa]; Trichocolletes dowerinensis Rayment 1931; Trichocolletes eremophilae Houston 1990; Trichocolletes erythrurus (Cockerell 1914d) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes hackeri (Cockerell 1913b) [ Anthoglossa]; Trichocolletes latifrons (Cockerell 1914e) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes lucidus (Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes; described as Paracolletes marginatus lucidus]; Trichocolletes marginatulus Michener 1965; Trichocolletes marginatus (Smith 1879) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes maximus (Cockerell 1929b) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston 1990; Trichocolletes nigroclypeatus Rayment 1929b; Trichocolletes rufibasis (Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes rufopilosus (Rayment 1935) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes rufus (Rayment 1930a) [ Paracolletes]; Trichocolletes sericeus (Smith 1862) [ Anthoglossa]; Trichocolletes tenuiculus Rayment 1931; Trichocolletes venustus (Smith 1862) [ Lamprocolletes].

Comments. Michener (1965: 79–80) recognized groups of species within Trichocolletes s.str., which facilitate species-level identification.