
Michener, Charles;Engel, Michael
Caupolicana
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Caupolicana electa thumb|Dorsal view of a Caupolicana electa Cresson, 1878 specimen collected from Treutlen County, Georgia on October 3, 2024. Scale bar indicates 10 mm. 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).
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 92
- With media
- 113
- Family
- Colletidae
- Collections
- UDLAP, MZFC-FC-UNAM, IFIT-CP, UTEP, UCSB, KU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Peru, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colletidae
- Named after
- Caupolicán
- Image
- Caupolicana gaullei, m, brazil, angle 2014-08-14-09.30.49 ZS PMax (15200521966).jpg
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- taxon name
- Caupolicana
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Caupolicana
- Commons category
- Caupolicana
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Subgenera and Species
- References
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Caupolicana electa thumb|Dorsal view of a Caupolicana electa Cresson, 1878 specimen collected from Treutlen County, Georgia on October 3, 2024. Scale bar indicates 10 mm. 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==
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