Coelioxys (Cyrtocoelioxys)

Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2008 (40), pp. 1-24 : 10

Coelioxys (Cyrtocoelioxys) sp. nov.

GD: Puerto Rico.

One female housed in the USNM collection and with the following label data seems to have been temporarily misplaced: Borinquen, Puerto Rico, 18.vi.1944, plane 5978, #1918, lo. no. 44 19590. This specimen was studied by the senior author (JAG) in 1999 while visiting the collection. The reddish-brown color on metasomal tergum I is more extensively present in the basal area (in C. spinosa this coloration occurs only laterally), the apical process of metasomal sternum VI is short (versus elongate in C. spinosa ; Fig. 15B ), and the apical margin of tergum VI is tridentate. Drawings of the female’s scutellum, axillae and apex of the metasoma were published by Genaro (2001) as erroneously pertaining to C. spinosa .

Figures

Figure 14-15. Coelioxys species. 14) C. abdominalis Guérin-Méneville. 15) C. spinosa Dewitz holotype, and sixth metasomal tergum (magnified): A) male; B) female. Photo by Stephanie Krause.