Calliopsis Chlorops
''Calliopsis'' is the generic name of two groups of organisms. It can refer to: * ''Coreopsis'' section ''Calliopsis'', a group of plants in a genus of the family Asteraceae * ''Calliopsis (bee)'', a genus of mining bee 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 ...

Coreopsis Section Calliopsis
''Coreopsis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants. Description These plants range from in height. The flowers are usually yellow with a toothed tip, but can also be yellow-and-red bicolor or pink. They have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each, the outer being commonly connate at the base. The flat fruits are small and dry and look like insects. There are nearly 40 species of ''Coreopsis'', all of which are native to North, Central, and South America. The name ''Coreopsis'' is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "bedbug", and (), meaning "view", referring to the shape of the achene. Species 39 species are currently accepted by ''Plants of the World Online''. *''Coreopsis aristulata'' *'' Coreopsis auriculata'' *''Coreopsis bakeri'' *'' Coreopsis basalis'' *''Coreopsis bolanosana'' *''Coreopsis breviligulat ...
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Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger family is unclear as the quantity of Extant taxon, extant species in each family is unknown. The Asteraceae were first described in the year 1740 and given the original name Composita, Compositae. The family is commonly known as the aster, Daisy (flower), daisy, composite, or sunflower family. Most species of Asteraceae are herbaceous plants, and may be Annual plant, annual, Biennial plant, biennial, or Perennial plant, perennial, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees. The family has a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions, in a wide variety of habitats. Most occur in Hot desert climate, hot desert and cold or hot Semi-arid climate, semi-desert climates, and they are found on ever ...
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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 ...
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