Bright Cuckoo Leafcutter - Coelioxys slossoni

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Sharptail Bees (Coelioxys) » Subgenus Neocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Neocoelioxys) » Coelioxys slossoni » Coelioxys slossoni arenicola

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Bright Cuckoo Leafcutter - Coelioxys slossoni -

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 18, 2006
Size: 11 mm

Size estimated. A strikingly-marked species which resembles such photos as this one by Tony DiTerlizzi from Florida:

Abdominal structure indicates a female, I believe.
As Tony has mentioned, there is a key to Florida Coelioxys , but it does not look possible to follow it based on photographs.
Image updated 1/18/19.

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Bright Cuckoo Leafcutter - Coelioxys slossoni - female

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Contributed by Cotinis on 25 October, 2006 - 9:09pm
Last updated 18 January, 2019 - 8:45pm

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Neocoelioxys to C. s. arenicola based on comments by Josh Rose--see below.

… Cotinis, 7 September, 2008 - 12:08pm

Moved

Moved from Coelioxys.

… Ted Kropiewnicki, 23 March, 2008 - 10:01pm

Coelioxys (Neocoelioxys)

very likely C. slossoni arenicola but I haven't completely ruled out menthae yet and need to recheck specimens.

Note the swollen subocellar area, red T1, distinctive yellow hair patches, shape of abdominal apex, etc.

… John S. Ascher, 23 June, 2007 - 9:55pm

specimen confirmation (sorta)

I was just going through some old e-mails and came across one by Texas bee guru Jack Neff, which included a list of species he had collected in the park (35 species) and the county (94). Sure enough, the only species of this genus he had caught in the park was C. s. arenicola. He had C. texana for the county but not the park.

… Joshua Stuart Rose, 7 September, 2008 - 11:19am

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