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Subgenus Boreocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Boreocoelioxys)
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Coelioxys rufitarsis
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Copyright © 2004
Kildale
One more to ID please. -
Coelioxys rufitarsis
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 28, 2004
For the experts, the pointed body, black, and the short wings, may help you to let me know what this is. Its the only shot I managed to get of it.
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Contributed by
Kildale
on 31 August, 2004 - 12:55am
Last updated 27 May, 2007 - 6:04pm
Moved
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Chuck Entz
, 27 May, 2007 - 6:04pm
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Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) rufitarsis Smith
note angled T6 diagnostic for females of this species; this species is known from Vancouver Island whereas the similar (but with less angled T6) C. octodentata is not. Dark legs are typical of NW populations of this species (see Baker, 1975)
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John S. Ascher
, 26 September, 2006 - 11:01am
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It's
a girl.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 6 July, 2006 - 1:03pm
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Moved to guide for Coelioxys
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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Cotinis
, 3 October, 2004 - 8:06am
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Cuckoo leafcutter bee
This is a female Coelioxys, family Megachilidae. They are parasites of Megachile leafcutter bees. You can ID these easily by the conical abdomen, sharply pointed in females, terminating in a crown of teeth in males.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 31 August, 2004 - 12:40pm
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