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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 » Zikanapis » Zikanapis elegans

Species Zikanapis elegans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - female Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - female Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - female Diphaglossinae? - Zikanapis elegans - male Zikanapis elegans? - Zikanapis elegans - male Zikanapis elegans? - Zikanapis elegans - male Ptiloglossa hoplopoda - Zikanapis elegans - female Zikanapis elegans - male
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
Species elegans (Zikanapis elegans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caupolicana elegans Timberlake, 1965
Explanation of Names
Zikanapis elegans (Timberlake, 1965)
Size
Female: Length 16-18mm; Wing 11.5-12mm(1)
Male: Length 15-17mm; Wing 12.5-13mm(1)
Range
Arizona, Mexico
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Habitat
Canyons of SE Arizona (esp. Chiricahuas and Huachucas) and Mexico
Food
Reported on the flowers of Salvia sp.(1)
Print References
Original description here.
Internet References
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ITIS
Works Cited
1.The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 17 February, 2013 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 13 December, 2021 - 1:38am

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