| Calliopsis puellae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Tribe: | Calliopsini |
| Genus: | Calliopsis |
| Species: | C. puellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliopsis puellae (Cockerell, 1933) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliopsis puellae is a species of bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3]
The species' type specimen was collected by Wilmatte Porter Cockerell and her great-niece, Lelah Milene Porter (1927–2001). [4] It is now at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. [4] The species was named (as Spinoliella puellae) by Wilmatte's husband, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, who wrote: [5]
The name S. puellae commemorates the very little girl who helped my wife to collect the specimens.