Biology:Holcopasites

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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

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. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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