Coelioxys aurolimbata orientalica WARNCKE , 1992

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Coelioxys aurolimbata orientalica WARNCKE, 1992

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Erzincan: Horticultural Research Institute, 1300 m, 13. VI.1994 6, leg. E. Yıldırım. Erzurum: 22 km WSW of Oltu, Çamlıbel , 40.47166_41.77777, 1700 m ; 02.VII.2001, ♀, leg. J. G. Rozen and Özbek; 30.VII.2003, 2♀♀, leg. J. G. Rozen and Özbek (in AMNH) ; 23.VI.2001, 2♀♀, leg. H. Ozbek; 15.VII.2001, 10♀♀, leg. H. Ozbek ; 22.VII.2001, 5♀♀, leg. H. Ozbek; Başaklı , 1800 m, 13. VI.1992, 6, leg. Özbek (on O. viciifolia) ; Atatürk University Campus , 1900 m, 01.VII.1992, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım.

B i o l o g y: Samples were collected mostly in open areas; on the wing from the end of May to August at the altitudes of 650-1900 m; floral visits were recorded to O. viciifolia, Vicia sp. and Cirsium sp. WARNCKE (1992) reported Megachile ericetorum LEPELETIER, 1841 and Anthophora parietina FABRICIUS 1793 as the hosts of C. aurolimbata .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Armenia, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey ( WARNCKE 1992). In Turkey: Konya (type locality), Ankara, Erzurum, Hakkâri, Iğdır, Nevşehir, Samsun, Siirt, Van ( WARNCKE 1992; Erzurum ( ÖZBEK 1979, ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994).

R e m a r k: Present data reveal that C. aurolimbata orientalica is present mainly in the Anatolian part of Turkey and extends to east Armenia and Iran, south to Lebanon, whereas C. aurolimbata was recorded in the western part of Turkey (Bursa and Edirne).