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Species Coelioxys slossoni

Coelioxys slossoni - male Female Cuckoo Leafcutter bee with red T-1 and sterna - Coelioxys slossoni - female Female Cuckoo Leafcutter bee with red T-1 and sterna - Coelioxys slossoni - female Female Cuckoo Leafcutter bee with red T-1 and sterna - Coelioxys slossoni - female Female Cuckoo Leafcutter bee with red T-1 and sterna - Coelioxys slossoni - female Coelioxys slossoni - female Coelioxys slossoni - male Coelioxys sp - Coelioxys slossoni - 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 Neocoelioxys)
Species slossoni (Coelioxys slossoni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelioxys slossoni Viereck, 1902
Explanation of Names
Named for entomologist Annie Trumbull Slosson.
Size
Female: 12 mm. Male: 12 mm
Range
Texas to Georgia and North Carolina (Coelioxys slossoni arenicola), also Florida (Coelioxys slossoni slossoni)
Discover Life Map
Season
June to September.
Food
Recorded on Bidens, Helianthus, Phaseolus and Strophostyles. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Western US Parasitic Megachilid Bees by TDA Cockerell
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 23 June, 2007 - 11:16pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, hg
Last updated 26 February, 2014 - 10:16pm

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