Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) brevis EVERSMANN, 1852

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 : 1756-1757

Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) brevis EVERSMANN, 1852

S y n o n y m s: Coelioxys erythropyga FÖRSTER, 1853, 1894 ; C. inflatus ALFKEN, 1933, C. brevis armeniaca HEDICKE, 1938.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Erzincan: Horticultural Research Institute , 1300 m, 23. VI.1994, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım ; 21.VI.1994, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım; 30.VII.1991, ♀, leg. E. Yıdırım; Muti köprüsü, 26.IX.1990, ♀, leg. H. Özbek. Erzurum: Atatürk University Campus , 03. VI.1996, 6, leg. H. Özbek (on Onobrichis viciifolia) ; Palandöken , 2200 m, 13.VII.1994, ♀, leg. E. Yıdırım ; Dutçu , 2200 m, 11.VIII.1992, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım ; Pasinler, Rabat , 2200 m, 11.VII.1996, 2 66, leg. E. Yıldırım.

B i o l o g y: It is basically an open area species, but certain samples were collected in semi open biotopes with shrubs, steppes, and forest margins. It was recorded from all over the country, except Black Sea Region, samples were collected from close areas to sea level (Adana) up to 2200 m (Erzurum, Erzincan). It is one of the most widespread and abundant Coelioxys species present in Turkey. Found on the wing from June to the end of September. Peak flight season is June and July. WARNCKE (1992) listed Megachile apicalis, M. argentata (FABRICIUS 1793) and M. pilidens (FÖRSTER, 1924) as hosts of C. brevis . It visits Carduus sp., Eryngium creticum and O. viciifolia.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Most of the European countries ( Austria, Bohemia, European Russia, France, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moravia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spain) and many Asian countries (Caucasus, Cyprus, China, Japan, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan), also occurs in South Africa ( Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) ( WARNCKE 1992, BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998; AMIET et al. 2004, GRACE 2010; NADIMI et al., 2013). In Turkey: Erzurum ( ÖZBEK 1979); Adana, Ankara, Bayburt, Çankırı, Erzincan, Erzurum, Hakkâri, Kars, Konya, Kütahya, Manisa, Nevşehir, Niğde, Siirt, Sivas, Van ( WARNCKE 1992); Erzincan, Erzurum, Şanlıurfa (ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994).