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Species Coelioxys sayi

Cuckoo Leafcutting Bee - Coelioxys sayi - female Coelioxys sayi? - Coelioxys sayi Coelioxys - Cuckoo leafcutter - Coelioxys sayi Bee or wasp - Coelioxys sayi - female Coelioxys sayi female? - Coelioxys sayi Coelioxys sayi female? - Coelioxys sayi Male Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee - Coelioxys sayi - male Say's Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bee - Coelioxys sayi? - Coelioxys sayi - 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 Boreocoelioxys)
Species sayi (Coelioxys sayi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelioxys mendacina
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Thomas Say.
Identification
bilobed clypeus (ref.)
Range
British Columbia to Ontario, south to Texas and Florida.
Discover Life Map
Season
March to October.
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
Medler (1965) reported Megachile mendica to he a host of Coelioxys sayi and K. V. Krombein has reared Coelioxys sayi from nests of Megachile mendica at Lake Placid, Fla. This bee has also been recovered from nests of M. brevis.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 July, 2005 - 6:31am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 March, 2022 - 11:39pm

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