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Species Holcopasites calliopsidis

Representative Images

Holcopasites calliopsidis Holcopasites calliopsidis Holcopasites - Holcopasites calliopsidis - female for lack of a better name: Ruby red eyes - Holcopasites calliopsidis - female No wings? - Holcopasites calliopsidis Calliopsis Cuckoo Nomad Bee (Holcopasites calliopsidis). - Holcopasites calliopsidis - male Mystery Bee - Holcopasites calliopsidis Calliopsis Cuckoo Nomad Bee - Holcopasites calliopsidis

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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Ammobatoidini
Genus Holcopasites
Species calliopsidis (Holcopasites calliopsidis)

Explanation of Names

Holcopasites calliopsidis (Linsley 1943)

Size

5‒6 mm

Identification

has spots (illinoiensis has bands)

Range

MN‒MI‒TN [map]

Season

Jun‒Aug

Life Cycle

host: Calliopsis andreniformis (Andrenidae)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 September, 2006 - 5:21pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, v belov, hg
Last updated 15 October, 2024 - 1:08pm

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