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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Panurgine Bees (Panurginae) » Calliopsine Bees (Calliopsini) » Calliopsis » Subgenus Hypomacrotera (Calliopsis Subgenus Hypomacrotera) » Calliopsis subalpina
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Andrenidae - Calliopsis subalpina ? - Calliopsis subalpina - female
Copyright © 2012 Kurt Schaefer

Andrenidae - Calliopsis subalpina ? - Calliopsis subalpina - Female
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
June 1, 2010
Size: 9 mm
Discover Life has images of Calliopsis subalpina, female that appear to be a good match.

Found another BG image #317206 that looks similar (Calliopsis subalpina), but unlike my earlier C. subalpina, male which is dark.
Wing venation and red abdomen like that of Panurginae, Macrotera??

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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 17 January, 2012 - 6:44am
Last updated 29 February, 2012 - 8:38pm

Moved
Moved from Mining Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 29 February, 2012 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

Calliopsis (Hypomacrotera) subalpina Cockerell, 1894
female
… John S. Ascher, 29 February, 2012 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dr.Ascher,
I appreciate the ID.
… Kurt Schaefer, 2 March, 2012 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Cool find!
I've never seen anything like it! It doesn't look like Andrenidae because it lacks the deep grooves on the inside of the eyes. I wonder if it's Oreopasites or something similar. This image looks close except for the thickened antennae:
… Diane Wilson, 17 January, 2012 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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