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Genus Zikanapis

Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - female Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - male Zikanapis elegans? - Zikanapis elegans - male AZ19 J37 - Zikanapis elegans Ptiloglossa hoplopoda - Zikanapis elegans - female Ptiloglossa hoplopoda - Zikanapis elegans - female Zikanapis elegans - male Zikanapis elegans - 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 Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)
Subfamily Diphaglossinae
Genus Zikanapis
Numbers
a single species in our area, 14 spp. total(1)
Range
primarily neotropical, ranging into so. AZ(1)
Discover Life Map
Remarks
Almeida & Danforth (2009) raised Zikanapis from subgenus to genus.
Print References
Almeida, E. A., & Danforth, B. N. (2009). Phylogeny of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) inferred from four nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 50(2), 290-309.
Internet References
Discover Life
Moure's Bee Catalog
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 17 February, 2013 - 11:43am
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 13 December, 2021 - 1:38am

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