Holcopasites
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| Holcopasites | |
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| Holcopasites calliopsidis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Ammobatoidini |
| Genus: | Holcopasites Ashmead, 1899 |
Holcopasites is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in Holcopasites.[1][2][3] They are uncommon and very small.[4] Unlike nearly all other genera of Apidae males of the species have 12 antennal segments instead of 13.[4] In the most common, Eastern species, abdomens are red with bright white patches of hair.[4]
