Species info
Classification > Tribe Calliopsini > Genus Calliopsis > Subgenus Calliopsis (Ceroliopoeum)
Calliopsis (Ceroliopoeum) laeta (Vachal, 1909)
Female in frontal view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in frontal view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in frontal view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in lateral view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Female in lateral view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Male in lateral view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Male in lateral view (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • La Rioja
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
 
Synonyms
  • Camptopoeum modestum Vachal, 1909
Host plants
Possibly narrowly oligolectic of Prosopis (Vossler, 2014)
References
  • VACHAL, J. 1909. Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64
  • 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
  • RUZ, L., L. COMPAGNUCCI & A. ROIG ALSINA. 2008. Andrenidae. En Biodiversidad de artrópodos argentinos Vol. 2, Sociedad Entomológica Argentina ediciones. Mendoza, Argentina. 630 pp
  • VOSSLER, F. G. 2014. A tight relationship between the solitary bee Calliopsis (Ceroliopoeum) laeta (Andrenidae, Panurginae) and Prosopis pollen hosts (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) in xeric South American woodlands. J. Pollinat. Ecol. 14(26): 270-277
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