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Synopsis of the bee genus Coelioxys Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of Japan, with description of a new species
Author(s) -
NAGASE Hirohiko
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00168.x
Subject(s) - biology , megachilidae , subgenus , hymenoptera , key (lock) , genus , zoology , botany , ecology , pollination , pollen , pollinator
Japanese species of the bee genus Coelioxys are reviewed, and 10 species in three subgenera are recognized: C. (Torridapis) fenestrata Smith, 1873, C. (T) ducalis Smith, 1853; C. (Allocoelioxys) formosicola Strand, 1913, C. (Boreocoelioxys) yanonis Matsumura, 1912, C. (B) hiroba Nagase, 2003, C. (B) hosoba Nagase, 2003, C. (B) inermis Kirby, 1802, C. (B) alata Foerster, 1853, C. (B) rufescens Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, and C. (B) sakamotorum sp. nov. The lectotype of C. yanonis is designated. Coelioxys suisharyonis Strand, 1913, and C. hakonensis Cockerell, 1919, are synonymized with C. yanonis , and C. taiwanensis Cockerell, 1927 is synonymized with C. formosicola. Supplementary descriptions are provided for C. yanonis , C. formosicola, C. hiroba and C. hosoba . Records of host bees are reviewed. A key to Japanese species is presented.