Coelioxys (Coelioxys) conoidea (ILLIGER, 1806)

Özbek, Hikmet, Schwarz, Maximilian & L, Coelioxys, 2016, Distribution data of the kleptoparasitic bees in Turkey: Part 2. Genera Coelioxys and Radoszkowskiana (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae) with their checklist, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 1753-1771 : 1761

Coelioxys (Coelioxys) conoidea (ILLIGER, 1806)

S y n o n y m s: Anthophora conoidea ILLIGER, 1806 ; Coelioxys vectis CURTIS, 1831 ; C. conica SPINOLA, 1839; C. punctata LEPELETIER, 1841 , C. temporalis NYLANDER, 1848, C. ambigua SCHENCK, 1855 , C. spissicauda PASTEELS, 1968 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Artvin: Yusufeli, Altıparmak, 1700 m, 05.VII.1994, 266, leg. E. Yıldırım. Erzincan: Horticultural Research Institute, 1300 m, 13.VI.1994, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım. Kars: Sarıkamış, Karakurt, 1500 m, 40,07543°N, 42,20941°E, 19.VII.2007, 266, leg. H. Özbek.

B i o l o g y: Unlike most of the other Coelioxys species , some samples were collected in forest margins and heath locations. It occurs at altitudes ranging from 200 (Sinop) to 2300 m (Bitlis). Previous and present data show that on the wing from June to September. Megachile maritima (KIRBY, 1802) , M. lagopoda (LINNAEUS, 1761) and M. ericetorum were listed as the hosts of C. conoidea ( WARNCKE 1992; BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998; AMIET et al. 2004). Rubus ulmifolius anatolicus, Statice and Vicia cracca elegans were noted as visiting plant species ( GRACE 2010).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Whole Europe including European Russia through Turkey and Iran to Far East; Algeria only in Africa (ALFKEN 1935, WARNCKE 1992, BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998; AMIET et al. 2004; NADIMI et al., 20013). In Turkey: Artvin, Bitlis, Bursa, Hakkâri, İstanbul, Konya ( WARNCKE 1992); Erzurum, Kars, Sinop (ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994).