Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) obtusa PÉ REZ, 1884

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 : 1758

Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) obtusa PÉ REZ, 1884

S y n o n y m s: Coelioxys antennalis PÉREZ, 1884; C. laticauda MORAWITZ, 1894 ; C. aegypticola FRIESE, 1925

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Erzincan: Horticultural Research Instıtute, 1300 m, 11.VII.1994, ♀, Leg. E. Yıldırım. Muş: 39.00000_41.75000, 23.VII.2000, 666, leg. J. G. Rozen, H. Özbek.

B i o l o g y: It is an open area species, has restricted distribution range in Turkey, present knowledge shows that it has been recorded so far above 1000 m in the eastern part of Turkey. GRACE (2010) noted on the wing from June to August when females seek out the nests of their hosts, Megachile giraudi bicoloriventris MOCSARY, 1878.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: In Europe, mainly Mediterranean countries, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain; Asia (Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan); Africa ( Egypt, Morocco) (ASCHER & PICKERING 2014). In Turkey: Bitlis (ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994).