Caupolicana

Caupolicana
Caupolicana fulvicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Colletidae
Tribe:	Caupolicanini
Genus:	Caupolicana Spinola in Gay, 1851
Species
See text
Synonyms
CaupolicanoidesMichener 1966 MegacilissaSmith 1853 CaupolicaniaSchulz 1906 (Lapsus) MegalocilissaSchulz 1906 (Lapsus) Zikanapis (Foersterapis)Moure, 1964

Caupolicana electa

Dorsal view of a Caupolicana electa Cresson, 1878 specimen collected from Treutlen County, Georgia on October 3, 2024. Scale bar indicates 10 mm.

Caupolicana is a genus of bees in the family Colletidae, native to the Americas; most species are crepuscular in habit, visiting flowers only at dawn and/or dusk. There are over 50 known species, in 4 subgenera ^[2] (some of which have been historically treated as valid genera). ^[3]

Subgenera and Species

Subgenus Alayoapis Michener, 1966

• Caupolicana nigrescens (Cresson, 1869)
• Caupolicana notabilis (Smith, 1861)
• Caupolicana subaurata (Cresson, 1869)

Subgenus Caupolicana (s.s.)

• Caupolicana adusta Friese, 1899
• Caupolicana albiventris Friese, 1904
• Caupolicana bicolor Friese, 1899
• Caupolicana curvipes Friese, 1898
• Caupolicana dimidiata Herbst, 1917
• Caupolicana egregia Friese, 1906
• Caupolicana electa (Cresson, 1878)
• Caupolicana evansi Vergara and Michener, 2004
• Caupolicana floridana Michener and Deyrup, 2004
• Caupolicana friesei Jörgensen, 1909
• Caupolicana fulvicollis Spinola, 1851
• Caupolicana funebris Smith, 1879
• Caupolicana gaullei Vachal, 1901
• Caupolicana gayi Spinola, 1851
• Caupolicana hirsuta Spinola, 1851
• Caupolicana lugubris Smith, 1879
• Caupolicana mendocina Jörgensen, 1909
• Caupolicana mystica Schrottky, 1902
• Caupolicana nigriventris Friese, 1904
• Caupolicana niveofasciata Friese, 1898
• Caupolicana ocellata Michener, 1966
• Caupolicana ochracea (Friese, 1906)
• Caupolicana peruviana Friese, 1900
• Caupolicana piurensis Cockerell, 1911
• Caupolicana pubescens Smith, 1879
• Caupolicana quadrifasciata Friese, 1898
• Caupolicana ruficollis Friese, 1906
• Caupolicana smithiana Friese, 1908
• Caupolicana specca Snelling, 1975
• Caupolicana steinbachi Friese, 1906
• Caupolicana vestita (Smith, 1879)
• Caupolicana weyrauchi Moure, 1953
• Caupolicana yarrowi (Cresson, 1875)

Subgenus Willinkapis Moure, 1953

• Caupolicana chalybaea (Friese, 1906)
• Caupolicana melanotricha (Moure, 1969)
• Caupolicana perornata (Moure, 1969)

Subgenus Zikanapis Moure, 1945

• Caupolicana brethesi (Compagnucci, 2006)
• Caupolicana clypeata (Smith, 1879)
• Caupolicana copo (Compagnucci, 2006)
• Caupolicana elegans Timberlake, 1965
• Caupolicana foersteri (Moure & Seabra, 1962)
• Caupolicana funeraria (Moure, 1964)
• Caupolicana inbio Michener, Engel & Ayala, 2003
• Caupolicana megalopta (Moure, 1948)
• Caupolicana modesta (Moure, 1964)
• Caupolicana rozenorum Michener, Engel & Ayala, 2003
• Caupolicana seabrai (Moure, 1953)
• Caupolicana tucumana Moure, 1945
• Caupolicana wileyi Michener & Engel, 2009
• Caupolicana zikani (Friese, 1925)

References

1. Michener, Charles (1966-12-02). "The Classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American Species of the Genus Caupolicana (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 44 (20): 717–751. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20080 .
2. Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
3. Michener, C.D.; Engel, M.S. (2009) Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae). ZooKeys 5: 53-64

External links

• Media related to Caupolicana at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Caupolicana at Wikispecies
• "Caupolicana". The Encyclopedia of Life .