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Calliopsis Smith, 1853
Calliopsis Smith, F. (1853). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. London: British Museum 1-198 pp. [128] .
Type species: Calliopsis andreniformis Smith, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W. H. (1899). Classification of the bees, or the superfamily Apoidea. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 26: 49-100 [85] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: United States of America (New Mexico); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Chaco, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Chile (Concepción, Talca), Costa Rica, Guatemala (Guatemala), Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Yucatan), Panama (Panamá), Panama Canal Zone

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1897). On the generic position of some bees hitherto referred to Panurgus and Calliopsis. Can. Entomol. 29 (12): 287-290 [290] (Note)
Roig-Alsina, A. & Compagnucci, L. A. (2003). Description, phylogenetic relationships, and biology of Litocalliopsis adesmiae, a new genus and species of South American calliopsine bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. 5 (1): 99–112 [101] (Key)
Rozen, J. G., Jr. & Ruz, L. (1995). South American panurgine bees (Andrenidae: Panurginae), part II. Adults, immature stages, and biology of Neffapis longilingua, a new genus and species with an elongate glossa. Am. Mus. Novit. 3136: 1-15 [9, 13] (Comparative note, note)
Rozen, J. G., Jr. & Yanega, D. (1999). Nesting biology and immature stages of the South American bee genus Acamptopoeum (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae). Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ. 24: 59-67 [66] (Citation)
Ruz, L. (1991). Classification and phylogenetic relationships of the panurgine bees: the Calliopsini and allies (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (7): 209-256 [217, 219, 222, 245-253] (Citation, key, comparative note, descriptive notes, key to subgenera, phylogeny)
Ruz, L. & Rozen, J. G. (1993). South American panurgine bees (Apoidea: Andrenidae: Panurginae), Part I. Biology, mature larva, and description of a new genus and species. Am. Mus. Novit. 3057: 1-12 [12] (Citation)
Shinn, A. F. (1965). The bee genus Acamptopoeum: diagnosis, key, and a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 38 (3): 278-284 [278] (Comparative note)
Shinn, A. F. (1967). A revision of the bee genus Calliopsis and the biology and ecology of C. andreniformis (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 46 (21): 753-936 [759-762, 768-782] (Taxonomy (redescription, key))

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 07 Feb 2022

Available SubGenus

Calliopsis (Calliopsima) Shinn, 1967
Calliopsis (Calliopsis) Smith, 1853
Calliopsis (Ceroliopoeum) Ruz, 1991
Calliopsis (Liopoeodes) Ruz, 1991
Calliopsis (Liopoeum) Friese, 1906
Calliopsis (Perissander) Michener, 1942