Caupolicana

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Colletidae
Subfamilia: Diphaglossinae
Genus: Caupolicana
Subgenera: C. (Alayoapis) – C. (Caupolicana) – C. (Willinkapis) – C. (Zikanapis)
Overview of species

C. adusta – C. albiventris – C. bicolor – C. curvipes – C. dimidiata – C. egregia – C. electa – C. evansi – C. floridana – C. friesei – C. fulvicollis – C. funebris – C. gaullei – C. gayi – C. hirsuta – C. lugubris – C. mendocina – C. mystica – C. nigrescens – C. nigriventris – C. niveofasciata – C. notabilis – C. ocellata – C. ochracea – C. peruviana – C. piurensis – C. pubescens – C. quadrifasciata – C. ruficollis – C. smithiana – C. specca – C. steinbachi – C. subaurata – C. vestita – C. weyrauchi – C. wileyi – C. wilsoni – C. yarrowi
Name

Caupolicana Spinola, 1851

Synonyms:

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

References

Spinola M., 1851. Hyménopteros. in Gay, C., Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia. Vol. 6. Casa del autor, Paris. pp. 153–569.
Michener, C.D. 1966. The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 46: 717–751.
Michener, C.D. & Engel, M.S. 2009: Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae). ZooKeys, 5: 53–64. Abstract PDF

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Caupolicana – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Caupolicana – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Caupolicana - Nomenclator Zoologicus

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[1] (some of which have been historically treated as valid genera).[2]
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

Michener, C. D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp.
Michener, C.D.; Engel, M.S. (2009) Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae). ZooKeys 5: 53-64