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Subgenus Synocoelioxys

Bee with long tapered abdomen - Coelioxys texanus - female Bee - Coelioxys alternatus Coelioxys? - Coelioxys - male Fly bee or wasp? - Coelioxys Coelioxys female - Coelioxys alternatus Megachilidae - Coelioxys - male Coelioxys texana? - Coelioxys C. texanus from the Organ Mts - Coelioxys texanus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Megachilini (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees)
Genus Coelioxys (Sharptail Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Synocoelioxys
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 7 spp. worldwide(1)
Range
so. Canada to Costa Rica(1)
Life Cycle
Cleptoparasites of Megachile (Sayapis)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 20 April, 2008 - 10:18pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 7:33pm

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