Holcopasites

Holcopasites
Holcopasites calliopsidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Ammobatoidini
Genus:	Holcopasites Ashmead, 1899

Holcopasites is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in Holcopasites. ^{[1] [2] [3]} They are uncommon and very small. ^[4] Unlike nearly all other genera of Apidae males of the species have 12 antennal segments instead of 13. ^[4] In the most common, Eastern species, abdomens are red with bright white patches of hair. ^[4]

Holcopasites stevensi

Species

• Holcopasites apacheorum Hurd & Linsley, 1972
• Holcopasites arizonicus (Linsley, 1942)
• Holcopasites bigibbosus Hurd & Linsley, 1972
• Holcopasites bohartorum Hurd & Linsley, 1972
• Holcopasites calliopsidis (Linsley, 1943)
• Holcopasites cazieri Hurd & Linsley, 1972
• Holcopasites eamia (Cockerell, 1909)
• Holcopasites haematurus Cockerell & Hicks, 1926
• Holcopasites heliopsis (Robertson, 1897)
• Holcopasites illinoiensis (Robertson, 1891)
• Holcopasites insoletus (Linsley, 1942)
• Holcopasites jerryrozeni Neff, 2004
• Holcopasites linsleyi Cooper, 1993
• Holcopasites minimus (Linsley, 1943)
• Holcopasites pulchellus (Cresson, 1878)
• Holcopasites rozeni Hurd & Linsley, 1972
• Holcopasites ruthae Cooper, 1993
• Holcopasites stevensi Crawford, 1915
• Holcopasites tegularis Hurd & Linsley, 1972

References

1. "Holcopasites Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
2. "Holcopasites Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
3. "Holcopasites Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
4. Droege, Sam (September 2015). The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees. USGS.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (Second ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.