Coelioxys (Mesocoelioxys) argentea LEPELETIER, 1841

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 (2), pp. 1753-1771 : 1763

Coelioxys (Mesocoelioxys) argentea LEPELETIER, 1841

S y n o n y m s: Coelioxys constricta FÖRSTER, 1853, C. diplotaenia FÖRSTER, 1853; C. transcaspica RADOSZKOWSKI, 1886

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Antalya: Beydağları, Aliminpınarı, 1000 m, 05.VIII.1994, 6, (on M. longifolia) leg. H. Özbek. Erzincan: 12 km W of Erzincan, 07.VII.2001, 6, leg. J. G. Rozen and H. Özbek (in AMNH).

B i o l o g y: Samples collected in both wooded and pasture areas on M. longifolia and V. agnus-castus. Found on the wing in July and August. Megachile sericans (BISCHOFF 1927) was reported as the host of C. argentea ( WARNCKE 1992) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: In Europe mainly in Mediterranean countries, Coroticus, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain; as Asian countries, Caucasia, China, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and North Africa ( Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) ( WARNCKE 1992; ASCHER & PICKERING 2014. In Turkey: Çankırı, Hakkâri, Osmaniye ( WARNCKE 1992); Afyonkarahisar, Aydın (ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994).