Superfamily APOIDEA 2085 



Genus HOLCOPASITES Ashmead 



Insofar as known the species of this genus are cleptoparasites in the nests of pollen-collecting 

 bees belonging to the subfamily Panurginae of the family Andrenidae. Although a definite host 

 association has been established with the genera Calliopsis, Heterosarus, Hypomacrotera, Pseu- 

 dopanurgus and Pterosarus, thus far none of the other genera of the formerly recognized tribe 

 Panurgini {Nomadopsis, Panurginus, Perdita, Protandrena, etc.) which occur within the geo- 

 graphic range of Holcopasites has been implicated as a possible host. 



Revision: Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 119 (as Neopasites). — Hurd and 

 Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 114: 1-41, 16 figs., 1 table (Nearctic spp., including 

 biology). 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2244: 30-33, figs. 66-71 (larva). 



Biology: Rozen, 1965. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 73: 88-91, figs. 1-4 (life history). — Shinn, 1967. 

 Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 928-932. —Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 114: 2, 

 table 1 (host associations, summary of literature). 



Genus HOLCOPASITES Subgenus TRICHOPASITES Linsley 



Neopasites subg. Trichopasites Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 127. 



Type-species: Neopasites (Trichopasites) insoletus Linsley. Monotypic and orig. 

 desig. 

 Neopasites subg. Odontopasites Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 128. 



Type-species: Neopasites (Odo7itopasites) arizonicus Linsley. Monotypic and orig. 

 desig. 



arizonicus (Linsley). Idaho, Utah, Colo., Ariz., N. Mex., south into Mexico (Baja California and 

 Zacatecas). Host: Calliopsis coloradensis Cress., C. pectidis Shinn?, Pterosarus occidus 

 (Timb.)?, P. timberlakei Ckll.? 

 Neopasites {Odo7itopasites) arizonicus Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 129. 9,6. 

 insoletus (Linsley). Ariz., N. Mex. Host: Pterosarus boylei (Ckll.)?, P. perlaevis (Ckll.)?, P. 

 timberlakei (Ckll.)? 

 Neopasites (Trichopasites) insoletus Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 128. 9. 

 rozeni Hurd and Linsley. Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa and Sonora). 



Holcopasites (Trichopasites) rozeni Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 114: 

 10. 9, 6. 



Genus HOLCOPASITES Subgenus HOLCOPASITES Ashmead 



Holcopasites Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 82. 



Type-species: Phileremus illinoieyisis Robertson. Desig. by Crawford, 1915. 



Spotted Species Group 



apacheorum Hurd and Linsley. Ariz., N. Mex. 



Holcopasites (Holcopasites) apacheorum Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 

 114: 14. 9. 

 bohartorum Hurd and Linsley. Ariz., Calif. (Blythe). 



Holcopasites (Holcopasites) bohartorum Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 

 114: 18, fig. 8. 9, <J. 

 calliopsidis calliopsidis (Linsley). Mont, to N. Y., south to Tenn., Tex. and Ariz.; Mexico 

 (Zacatecas). Host: Calliopsis andreniformis Sm., Pseudopanurgus sp.? 

 Neopasites calliopsidis Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 137. 9,6. 

 Holcopasites pseudocarinatus Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 489. 9. 



Biology: Ainslie, 1937. Canad. Ent. 69: 99 (as stevensi). —Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 46: 928-932 (life history). 

 calliopsidis carinatus (Linsley). South. Tex.; Mexico (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz). 

 Neopasites carinatus Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 127. 9. 



