Hesperapis

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: Melittidae
Subfamilia: Dasypodainae
Tribus: Hesperapini
Genus: Hesperapis
Species (37): H. aliciae – H. arenicola – H. arida – H. braunsiana – H. carinata – H. danforthi – H. elegantula – H. eumarpha – H. flavicara – H. flavitarsis – H. fuchsi – H. fulvipes – H. gessorum – H. hantamensis – H. ilicifoliae – H. larreae – H. laticeps – H. leucura – H. macrocephala – H. micheneri – H. nanula – H. nigerrima – H. nitidula – H. oliviae – H. oraria – H. parva – H. pellucida – H. regularis – H. rhodocerata – H. rhodostoma – H. richtersveldensis – H. rodecki – H. rufipes – H. rufiventris – H. semirudis – H. trochanterata – H. wilmattae

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist] In synonymy (2): H. cinctiventris – H. obscura
Name

Hesperapis Cockerell, 1898
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Hesperapis elegantula Cockerell, 1898
Fixation: monotypy

References
Primary references

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898: New bees from New Mexico. Canadian entomologist, 30: 146–148. BHL Reference page. [first availability, see p. 147]

Hesperapis is a genus of evening bees in the family Melittidae. There are at least 30 described species in Hesperapis.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Behavior

One species, Hesperapis rhodocerata, was recorded in one area in 2010 and 2015, appearing in those years but not the years in between. This suggests that their diapause may be prolonged over multiple years.[7]
Species

These 37 species belong to the genus Hesperapis:

Hesperapis aliciae (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
Hesperapis arenicola Crawford, 1917 i c g
Hesperapis arida Michener, 1936 i c g
Hesperapis braunsiana (Friese, 1911) i c g
Hesperapis carinata Stevens, 1919 i c g
Hesperapis danforthi (Eardley, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis elegantula Cockerell, 1898 i c g
Hesperapis eumarpha (Cockerell, 1898) i c g
Hesperapis flavicara (Eardley, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis flavitarsis (Friese, 1912) i c g
Hesperapis fuchsi (Viereck, 1909) i c g
Hesperapis fulvipes Crawford, 1917 i c g
Hesperapis gessorum (Eardley, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis hantamensis (Michez & Kuhlmann, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis ilicifoliae (Cockerell, 1910) i c g
Hesperapis larreae Cockerell, 1907 i c g
Hesperapis laticeps Crawford, 1917 i c g
Hesperapis leucura Cockerell, 1916 i c g
Hesperapis macrocephala Cockerell, 1924 i c g
Hesperapis micheneri (Michez, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis nanula (Cockerell, 1936) i c g
Hesperapis nigerrima (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
Hesperapis nitidula Cockerell, 1916 i c g
Hesperapis oliviae (Cockerell, 1897) i c g
Hesperapis oraria Snelling & Stage, 1997 i c g b (gulf coast evening bee)
Hesperapis parva Michener, 1937 i c g
Hesperapis pellucida Cockerell, 1925 i c g
Hesperapis regularis (Cresson, 1878) i c g b
Hesperapis rhodocerata (Cockerell, 1897) i c g
Hesperapis rhodostoma (Cockerell, 1932) i c g
Hesperapis richtersveldensis (Patiny & Michez, 2007) i c g
Hesperapis rodecki Cockerell, 1934 i c g
Hesperapis rufipes (Ashmead, 1899) i c g b
Hesperapis rufiventris (Friese, 1912) i c g
Hesperapis semirudis Cockerell, 1910 i c g
Hesperapis trochanterata Snelling, 1987 i c g
Hesperapis wilmattae Cockerell, 1933 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Hesperapis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Browse Hesperapis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Hesperapis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Hesperapis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
Michez D. (2008) Monographic revision of the melittid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae sensu lato)]. Proc. Neth. Entomol. Soc. Meet. 19: 31-39.
"Hesperapis -- identification guide -- Discover Life". www.discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
Embry, Paige. Our Native Bees. p. 72.