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Coelioxys species

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Megachilidae; Subfamily: Megachilinae; Tribe: Megachilini; Genus: Coelioxys)

Classification

Coelioxys species.

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Coelioxys species are cleptoparasitic, mostly parasitizing Megachile species (Eardley et al., 2010).

References

Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.

Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.

Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp. 279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. 2010. The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi, 138 pp.

Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 953 pp.

Pasteels, J.J. 1968. Révision des Megachilidae (Hymenoptera Apoidea) de L'Afrique Noire. II. Le Genre Coelioxys. Musée Royal de L'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgique, Annales, Serie In-8- Sciences Zoologiques 167: 1-139.

Pasteels, J.J. 1977. Les Megachilini parasites (Coelioxys s.l.) d'Afrique noire. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 91: 1-197.

Credits

Photographs © Dave West (Randburg).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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