Calliopsis puellae
Calliopsis puellae, the desert-dandelion nomadopsis, is a species of bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
| Calliopsis puellae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Tribe: | Calliopsini |
| Genus: | Calliopsis |
| Species: | C. puellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliopsis puellae (Cockerell, 1933) | |
The species' type specimen was collected by Wilmatte Porter Cockerell and her great-niece, Lelah Milene Porter (1927-2001).[4] It is now at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.[4] The species was named (as Spinoliella puellae) by Wilmatte's husband, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, who wrote:[5]
The name S. puellae commemorates the very little girl who helped my wife to collect the specimens.
References
- "Calliopsis puellae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Calliopsis puellae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Calliopsis puellae species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Occurrence Detail 1264846624". GBIF. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1937). "Bees collected at Borego, California, by Wilmatte P. Cockerell & Milene Porter". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist: 25-26.
Further reading
- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801885730.
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