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

Species

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References

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  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. ^ a b c Droege, Sam (September 2015). The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees. USGS.

Further reading

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  • 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.