Caupolicana

<i>Caupolicana</i>

Caupolicana

Genus of bees

Caupolicana is a genus of bees in the family Colletidae, native to the Americas; most species are crepuscular in habit, visiting flowers only at dawn and/or dusk. There are over 50 known species, in 4 subgenera[1] (some of which have been historically treated as valid genera).[2]

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Caupolicana electa

Subgenera and Species

Subgenus Alayoapis Michener, 1966

  • Caupolicana nigrescens (Cresson, 1869)
  • Caupolicana notabilis (Smith, 1861)
  • Caupolicana subaurata (Cresson, 1869)

Subgenus Caupolicana (s.s.)

  • Caupolicana adusta Friese, 1899
  • Caupolicana albiventris Friese, 1904
  • Caupolicana bicolor Friese, 1899
  • Caupolicana curvipes Friese, 1898
  • Caupolicana dimidiata Herbst, 1917
  • Caupolicana egregia Friese, 1906
  • Caupolicana electa (Cresson, 1878)
  • Caupolicana evansi Vergara and Michener, 2004
  • Caupolicana floridana Michener and Deyrup, 2004
  • Caupolicana friesei Jörgensen, 1909
  • Caupolicana fulvicollis Spinola, 1851
  • Caupolicana funebris Smith, 1879
  • Caupolicana gaullei Vachal, 1901
  • Caupolicana gayi Spinola, 1851
  • Caupolicana hirsuta Spinola, 1851
  • Caupolicana lugubris Smith, 1879
  • Caupolicana mendocina Jörgensen, 1909
  • Caupolicana mystica Schrottky, 1902
  • Caupolicana nigriventris Friese, 1904
  • Caupolicana niveofasciata Friese, 1898
  • Caupolicana ocellata Michener, 1966
  • Caupolicana ochracea (Friese, 1906)
  • Caupolicana peruviana Friese, 1900
  • Caupolicana piurensis Cockerell, 1911
  • Caupolicana pubescens Smith, 1879
  • Caupolicana quadrifasciata Friese, 1898
  • Caupolicana ruficollis Friese, 1906
  • Caupolicana smithiana Friese, 1908
  • Caupolicana specca Snelling, 1975
  • Caupolicana steinbachi Friese, 1906
  • Caupolicana vestita (Smith, 1879)
  • Caupolicana weyrauchi Moure, 1953
  • Caupolicana yarrowi (Cresson, 1875)

Subgenus Willinkapis Moure, 1953

  • Caupolicana chalybaea (Friese, 1906)
  • Caupolicana melanotricha (Moure, 1969)
  • Caupolicana perornata (Moure, 1969)

Subgenus Zikanapis Moure, 1945

  • Caupolicana brethesi (Compagnucci, 2006)
  • Caupolicana clypeata (Smith, 1879)
  • Caupolicana copo (Compagnucci, 2006)
  • Caupolicana elegans Timberlake, 1965
  • Caupolicana foersteri (Moure & Seabra, 1962)
  • Caupolicana funeraria (Moure, 1964)
  • Caupolicana inbio Michener, Engel & Ayala, 2003
  • Caupolicana megalopta (Moure, 1948)
  • Caupolicana modesta (Moure, 1964)
  • Caupolicana rozenorum Michener, Engel & Ayala, 2003
  • Caupolicana seabrai (Moure, 1953)
  • Caupolicana tucumana Moure, 1945
  • Caupolicana wileyi Michener & Engel, 2009
  • Caupolicana zikani (Friese, 1925)

References

  1. [1]
    Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
  2. [2]
    Michener, C.D.; Engel, M.S. (2009) Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae). ZooKeys 5: 53-64


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