Biology:Coelioxys polycentris

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Coelioxys polycentris
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Coelioxys
Species:
C. polycentris
Binomial name
Coelioxys polycentris
Förster, 1853
Synonyms
  • Friese, 1925 Morawitz, 1874
  • Morawitz, 1874 Coelioxita polycentris
  • Coelioxys conspersus (Förster, 1853)
  • Coelioxys orientalis Coelioxys conspersa

Coelioxys polycentris is a species of leaf-cutting cuckoo bee native to Europe and the Near East.[1]

Description

Range

From Portugal via southern central and northern southern Europe, southern Russia to Buryatia (evidence from western Siberia is missing); northwards to northern Poland and northern Ukraine ; south to Croatia, Serbia, Cyprus, Iran and Pakistan . Reported in Germany in 1921 and 1937 from the area around Mittenwalde in Brandenburg by Hedicke (1922)[2] and Markowsky (1940);[3] However, mating animals cannot be found.[4] In Austria only two reports from Lake Neusiedl from Weiden by Warncke (1992) and from Illmitz by Zettel et al. 2004.[5]

Coelioxys polycentris, Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria, June 2021
Coelioxys polycentris, Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria, June 2021

This species has been reported from Brandenburg.,[6] where it is said to have been detected several times near Mittenwalde in 1921 and 1937.[2] However, mating animals could not be found. The fact that the males were mistaken for Coelioxys brevis several times also underlines evidence that the species does not occur there. An earlier, but now extinct, marginal occurrence would be conceivable in the event that the earlier reports from Poland are based on correct determinations[5]

Ecology

Flight period in probably one generation stretches from June to August.[7]

Megachile deceptoria is known as the host. According to an old observation from Turkey, Tetraloniella nana is also said to be a host species, but this information needs to be checked.[7]

Taxonomy

subgenus Allocoelioxys TKALCU, 1974[7]

References

  1. "Coelioxys polycentris" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1061535-Coelioxys-polycentris. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hedicke, H. (1922). "Nomina nova". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1922 (4): 426–428. doi:10.1002/mmnd.192219220418. ISSN 0323-6145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.192219220418. 
  3. Markowsky, H. (1940-06-30). "Einige seltenere Bienen aus der Umgebung Berlins (Hym. Apid.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 9 (6): 86–87. doi:10.1002/mmnd.4800090603. ISSN 0012-0073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4800090603. 
  4. Koch, F. (1997-05-20). "Schwarz, M., Gusenleitner, F., Westrich, P. & Dathe, H. H. (1996): Katalog der Bienen Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Hymenoptera, Apidae). - Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie. Suppl. 8. Verlag M. Schwarz, Ansfelden. 398 S. Preis DM 55,-. ISSN 0250-4413". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44 (1): 122. doi:10.1002/mmnd.4800440109. ISSN 0012-0073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4800440109. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Westrich, Paul 1947- (2019). Die Wildbienen Deutschlands. ISBN 978-3-8186-0881-1. OCLC 1190164412. http://worldcat.org/oclc/1190164412. 
  6. Koch, F. (1997-05-20). "Schwarz, M., Gusenleitner, F., Westrich, P. & Dathe, H. H. (1996): Katalog der Bienen Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Hymenoptera, Apidae). - Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie. Suppl. 8. Verlag M. Schwarz, Ansfelden. 398 S. Preis DM 55,-. ISSN 0250-4413". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44 (1): 122. doi:10.1002/mmnd.4800440109. ISSN 0012-0073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4800440109. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Erwin., Scheuchl (2016). Taschenlexikon der Wildbienen Mitteleuropas : alle Arten im Porträt. ISBN 978-3-494-01653-5. OCLC 1041414212. http://worldcat.org/oclc/1041414212. 

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