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For the United States & Canada

Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps


Ants of the Southeastern United States by Joe A. MacGown
"The aim of this web site is to provide comprehensive lists of ant species for the Southeast and each state within the Southeast including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; species pages with information and photos; keys to subfamilies, genera, and species of ants found in the Southeast (not all keys are updated to include the entire Southeast); diagnostic drawings; collecting information; a glossary; publications about ants by the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM); relevant literature citations; and links to other ant sites on the web.

Caupolicana from Florida (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
Michener, C. D., & Deyrup, M. (2004). Caupolicana from Florida (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77(4), 774-782.

The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
Michener, C. D. (1966). The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 44(20), 717.

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Grissell (2013): Scoliid Wasps of Florida
EENY-409 (IN745) (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars 179 and 185). Alternative link: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/wasps/scoliid_wasps.htm

Note that the genus Campsomeris as represented on BugGuide has been split to include Dielis, Pygodasis, and Xanthocampsomeris.

Droege S. (2009) Guide to the bee genera within Apidae of eastern North America
Part 1 | Part 2

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Droege S. (2009) Identification of eastern North American bee genera in the family Halictidae
[cite:1032334]

Droege S. (2009) Identification guide to the Megachilidae genera of eastern North America
[cite:1032330]

Raney H. (-2014) Eastern sphecid wasps
[cite:468413]
Annotated checklist, incl. brief descriptions, biology, hosts, and distribution (US state records only)