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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 Allocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Allocoelioxys) » Coelioxys coturnix

Species Coelioxys coturnix

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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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 Allocoelioxys)
Species coturnix (Coelioxys coturnix)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelioxys taurus Nurse, 1902; Coelioxys ruficaudis Cameron, 1913
Explanation of Names
Author: Pérez, 1884. Common name is based on a distinctive character and the specific epithet of a junior synonym ruficaudis, but with added precision (the tip of the tail is red, not the entire thing).
Range
Maryland, Pennsylvania
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Food
Observed on Mentha spicata (ref.) and Achillea millefolium (ref.)
Life Cycle
Cleptoparasite of Megachile minutissima based on studies of nests in Egypt (Rozen, JG & Kamel, SM)
Remarks
Non native, from Europe, where it is rather uncommon. Introduced very recently.
Print References
Hospicidal behavior of the cleptoparasitic bee Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix, including descriptions of its larval instars (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). American Museum novitates, no. 3636.
Rozen, Jerome George, 1928-; Kamel, Soliman M. (New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History., 2008)
Internet References
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Fauna Europaea
Hospicidal Behavior by Rozen, Jerome George & Kamel, Soliman M.
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 1 January, 2010 - 7:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 September, 2021 - 6:04am

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