Coelioxys

Subgenus Synocoelioxys Mitchell, 2 taxa

Note: Coelioxys alternata alternata Say was listed for Florida by Mitchell, not by Hurd, though. Baker's map does not show this species as occurring in Florida. It is likely that this species does not occur in Florida. The map in Baker shows the furthest southern populations to be in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Key to females of Coelioxys subgenus Synocoelioxys

    Sixth sternum acute apically (or very narrowly rounded)....C. hunteri

    Sixth sternum rounded apically....C. texanus

Key to males of Coelioxys subgenus Synocoelioxys

Hypostomal area of the gena bare or with small slender setae which do not obscure integument....C. hunteri

Megachilidae: Coelioxys hunteri Crawford

County Records: Listed for Florida by Mitchell; Pascarella et al (2000): Miami-Dade; Baker shows the distribution in Florida mostly in South Florida, from Miami to Tampa.

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Hosts: Likely Megachile subgenus Sayapis

Notes: Photos of female by HGH are of a specimen from Louisiana. Photos of male by HGH are of a specimen AMNH 12365 from Arizona

Female

Male

Dorsal Habitus
Vertex Scutum Scutellum
Terminal Segments - Dorsal View
Lateral Habitus
Gena Pleura
Terminal Segments - Lateral View
Ventral Habitus
Head - Ventral View
Head Thorax - Ventral View
Sterna
Terminal Segments - Ventral View

Megachilidae: Coelioxys texanus texanus Cresson

County Records: Miami-Dade, St. Johns; Listed for Florida by Mitchell; Baker shows several locations in Florida in his map (mostly in the southern peninsula, one from the north-central peninsula, none from the panhandle)

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Locations: Crescent Beach

Dates: March-September

Hosts: Megachile subgenus Sayapis; M. policaris

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Female

Male