Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) inermis (KIRBY, 1802)

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 (2), pp. 1753-1771 : 1758-1759

Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) inermis (KIRBY, 1802)

S y n o n y m s: Apis centuncularis acuminata homonym CHRIST, 1791; Apis inermis KIRBY, 1802 ; Coelioxys acuminata homonym NYLANDER, 1852; C. microdonta FÖRSTER, 1853 , C. divergens FÖRSTER, 1853

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Erzurum: Şenkaya, Turnalı, 1750 m, 28.VII.1994, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım.

B i o l o g y: Although it has large distribution ranges in Palearctic region, so far has been recorded in five provinces in Turkey, which are represented eastern, western and central Anatolia. In general, it is an open area species, present in orchards too. Samples were recorded from the sea level to 1750 m. Megachile argentata, M. bombycina RADOSZKOWSKI, 1874 ; M. centuncularis (L. 1758); M. alpicola ALFKEN 1924 , M. versicolor SMITH, 1844 and Hoplitis papaveris (LATREILLE, 1799) were reported as the host of this species ( WARNCKE 1992, BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998, AMIET et al. 2004). FAHRINGER (1922) also indicated Eucera ruficollis (BRULLÉ 1832) and Anthophora furcata (PANZER 1798) as the hosts of C. inermis .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Almost all of European countries, including Ireland and England, many of the Asian countries ( China, Hokkaido, Japan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, northern Asia, Russian Far East, Turkey); Algeria only in Africa ( WARNCKE 1992, BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998; AMIET et al. 2004; NAGASE 2006). In Turkey: Eskişehir (FAHRINGER 1922); Bursa, Çanakkale, Hakkâri ( WARNCKE 1992).