A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Australia

摘要

The Australian species of the genus Coelioxys Latreille are revised. Six species are recognized: Coelioxys albolineata Cockerell, 1905; Coelioxys froggatti Cockerell, 1911; Coelioxys reginae Cockerell, 1905; Coelioxys weinlandi Schulz, 1904 and two new species: Coelioxys julia sp. n. and Coelioxys tasmaniana sp. n. Three names are synonymized: Coelioxys biroi Friese, 1909 syn. n. and Coelioxys albolineata darwiniensis Cockerell, 1929 syn. n. under Coelioxys albolineata , and Coelioxys victoriae Rayment, 1935 syn. n. under Coelioxys froggatti . Species descriptions and redescriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, floral records and a key to both sexes of all species are provided.