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
Caupolicanoides Michener 1966 Megacilissa Smith 1853 Caupolicania Schulz 1906 (Lapsus) Megalocilissa Schulz 1906 (Lapsus) Zikanapis (Foersterapis) Moure, 1964

Caupolicana electa

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 (some of which have been historically treated as valid genera).

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)

External links

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