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Calliopsis (bee)
''Calliopsis'' is a genus of panurgine bees in the family Andrenidae The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It i .... There are over 80 described species distributed throughout the western hemisphere. Description ''Calliopsis'' are small dark bees, often with yellow or white markings, especially in males. ''Calliopsis andreniformis'' have green eyes, and males of the species have bright yellow faces and legs. Mating Male ''Calliopsis'' fly close to the ground and, in one species, many of them evidently copulate with only a single female. Mating takes place on flowers and at nest sites. ''Calliopsis'' also are univoltine, which means they only have one brood of offspring a year. Nesting Nearly all female ''Calliopsis'' are solitary nesters, but they locate nests within a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Smith (entomologist)
Frederick Smith (30 December 1805 – 16 February 1879) was a British entomologist who worked at the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera. Smith was born near York to William Smith and went to school at Leeds. He then studied under landscape engraver William Bernard Cooke, W.B. Cooke along with his nephew William Edward Shuckard. Together they took an interest in insects, especially the ants and bees. In 1841, following the death of William Bainbridge, he became a curator of the collections and the library of the Entomological Society of London. As an engraver he produced copies based on the works of Turner, Constable and David Roberts. He also worked with Gray arranging Hymenoptera in the British Museum. In 1849 he succeeded Edward Doubleday as a member of the zoologicy department. He then gave up his art work but produced the plates for Wollaston's ''Insecta Maderensia'' (1854) and for papers in the Transactions of the Entomologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |