Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) rufescens anatolica WARNCKE , 1992

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 : 1760

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scientific name	Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) rufescens anatolica WARNCKE , 1992
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Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) rufescens anatolica WARNCKE, 1992 View in CoL

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Erzurum: Atatürk University Campus , 2000 m, 03.VII.1977, ♀, leg. H. Özbek (on O. viciifolia SCOP.) ; Yeşildere , 14.VIII.1977, ♀, leg. H. Özbek (on Onopordum sp., Carduus sp.) ; Oltu, Başaklı , 25. VI.1971, ♀, leg. H. Özbek ; Çamlıbel , 22 km WSW of Oltu, 40.47166_41.77777, 1700 m, 23-25. VI.2001, 5♀♀, 466, leg. J.G. Rozen and H. Özbek ; 29- 30.VII.2003, 4♀♀, 266, leg. J. G. Rozen and H. Özbek; 02.VII.2001, 11♀♀, 266, leg. J.G. Rozen and H. Özbek; 07.VII.2007, 3♀♀, leg. J. S. Ascher, H. Ozbek, J. G. Rozen (in AMNH) ; 23.VI.2001, 6♀♀, 266, leg. H. Özbek; 15.VII.2001, 3♀♀, leg. H. Özbek; 22.VII.2001, 5♀♀, leg. H. Özbek; 28.VII.2003, ♀, leg. H. Özbek.

B i o l o g y: It lives in a wide variety of habitats; samples were collected at altitudes

ranging from the sea level (Aydın) to 2000 m (Ardahan, Erzurum). Flight season is from

June to the end of August, peak flight occurs in July. Anthophora bimaculata (PANZER,

1798); A. borealis, MORAWITZ, 1865 ; A. fulvitarsis BRULLÉ, 1832 , A. furcata (PANZER,

1798), and A. quadrimaculata (PANZER, 1798) in the tribe Anthophorini were reported as

the hosts of C. rufescens ( WARNCKE 1992) . He listed certain species in the family

Megachilidae as unlikely hosts, Megachile circumcincta , M. willugbiella, Osmia adunca

(PANZER, 1798) and O. xanthomelana (KIRBY, 1802) . Visiting plants: Centaurea

solstitialis, O. viciifolia, Onopordon sp., Carduus sp. and V. agnus-castus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey ( WARNCKE 1992) in Turkey: Ankara, Erzurum, Hakkâri (type locality), Konya, Kars, Niğde ( WARNCKE 1992); Aydın, Ardahan, Erzurum, Iğdır, Tokat (ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994). ÖZBEK (1979) reported in Erzurum and Kars as C. rufescens .