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Species Holcopasites calliopsidis

Holcopasites calliopsidis - male Bee - Holcopasites calliopsidis Wingless Wasp? - Holcopasites calliopsidis Coolest Bee - Holcopasites calliopsidis Holcopasites - Holcopasites calliopsidis - female No wings? - Holcopasites calliopsidis Calliopsis Cuckoo Nomad Bee (Holcopasites calliopsidis) - Holcopasites calliopsidis - male 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
Author: Linsley, 1943.
Size
Female 5-6 mm; male 5-6mm.
Identification
It has spots while illinoiensis has bands.
Range
Minnesota to Michigan, south to Tennessee.
Discover Life Map
Season
June to August.
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Life Cycle
The host of this cleptoparasitic species is Calliopsis andreniformis (Andrenidae)
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 September, 2006 - 5:21pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, hg
Last updated 23 February, 2014 - 3:09pm

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