Leiopodus Smith 1854

Genus Leiopodus Smith, 1854 Leiopodus singularis (Linsley & Michener, 1937) * [Holotype: CASC; ♀ Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; September 1–3, 1935] This species is distributed from Guatemala to California, USA. It is a brood parasite in the nests of bees in the tribe Emphorini Michener (2007). Leiopodus singularis represents a new species record for the BCP. The CARCIB team collected the first record for BCS in the Magdalena Plains in the Municipality of La Paz in April 2019. Additionally, the BBPT collected one female in May 2020 and one male in May 2022 in the Coastal Sage Matorral in BC (MABC). See fig. 149.