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Species Calliopsis barbata

Small bee with big scopa - Calliopsis barbata - female Small bee with big scopa - Calliopsis barbata - female Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) - Calliopsis barbata - female Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) - Calliopsis barbata - female Polychrome bee packing purple pollen - Calliopsis barbata Polychrome bee packing purple pollen - Calliopsis barbata Polychrome bee packing purple pollen - Calliopsis barbata Calliopsis barbata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Panurginae (Panurgine Bees)
Tribe Calliopsini (Calliopsine Bees)
Genus Calliopsis
No Taxon (Subgenus Nomadopsis sensu lato)
Species barbata (Calliopsis barbata)
Range
California, Mexico
Food
Collected on Cryptantha, Phacelia, Linanthus. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
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