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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Diphaglossinae » Caupolicana

Genus Caupolicana

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Mesoxaea sp.? - Caupolicana yarrowi - male Mesoxaea sp.? - Caupolicana yarrowi - male Colletidae - Caupolicana ocellata Unidentified Bee - Caupolicana yarrowi Bumble Bee? - Caupolicana electa Bumble Bee? - Caupolicana electa Unknown bee in my yard - Caupolicana yarrowi Colletidae Fork-tongued bee - Caupolicana yarrowi
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 Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)
Subfamily Diphaglossinae
Genus Caupolicana
Pronunciation
kaup-po-lih-CAN-uh
Explanation of Names
Named after the a fierce warrior of the Mapuche people of Chile.(1)
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 2 in Mexico, 37 spp. total(2)
Identification
A key to North American species can be found in Vergara & Michener, 2004(3)
Range
US to so. S. America (most diverse in Chile & Argentina, ~2/3 of spp.); in our area, 2 spp. in sw. US (to UT-KS) + 2 spp. in se. US (NC-FL-AL; one restricted to FL)(2)
See Also
Anthophora - Note that Anthophora is much more common.
Works Cited
1.The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.A New Species of Caupolicanas.str. from the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico, and a Key to North American Species
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 14 January, 2012 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 10:03pm

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