Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) afra 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 : 1756

Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) afra LEPELETIER, 1841

S y n o n y m s: Coelioxys coronate FÖRSTER, 1853, C. pusilla GERSTAECKER, 1857

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Antalya: Arapsuyu, Azmak , 5 m, 30. VI.2002, ♀ (on Mentha longifolia), leg. H. Özbek. Bilecik: central, 15.VIII.1995, 2♀♀, leg. E. Yıldırım. Erzincan: Horticultural Research Institute, 1300 m, 18.VII.1997, 3♀♀, 6, leg. E. Yıldırım ; Bahçeli , 09.VIII. 1990, 1250 m, ♀, leg. E. Yıldırım ; Çatalarmut, 09.VIII.1990, ♀, leg. E. Yıldırım. Erzurum: Atatürk University Campus , 15. VI.1986, 2000 m, 6 (on Onobrychis viciifolia), leg. H. Özbek ; 31.VIII.1997, ♀, 6, leg. H. Özbek; 20.IX.1992, 2♀♀, 6, leg. H. Özbek; Şenkaya, Turnalı , 08.VIII.1997, 1800 m, 6, ♀, leg. E. Yıldırım.

B i o l o g y: It is rather widespread species, recorded almost all around the country, except the Black Sea Region, s amples were found mostly in open areas at altitudes ranging between 5 (Antalya) and 2000 m (Erzurum). Scarcely, samples were collected in orchards. Flight season is from late June to the end of September. Megachile leachella CURTIS, 1802 , M. pilidens ALFKEN, 1924 and M. apicalis SPINOLA, 1808 (Megachilidae) were found being the hosts of C. afra ( PASTEELS 1977, WARNCKE 1992, BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998, AMIET et al. 2004, GRACE 2010). It visits O. viciifolia, Onopordum sp., Carduus sp., and Thymus sp. ( ÖZBEK 1979, ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994). Likewise, GRACE (2010) listed the following plant species: Rubus ulmifolius anatolicus, Broteroa corymbosa, Teucrium polium micropodioides, Teucrium cyprium, Linaria elatine, and Statice sp.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: It has Palearctic distribution (from Western Europe including England through Russia to China and Indonesia and of the whole Africa) ( PASTEELS 1977, WARNCKE 1992; BANASZAK & ROMASENKO 1998, AMIET et al. 2004, KHAGHANINIA et al. 2010, ASCHER & PICKERING 2014). In Turkey: Erzincan, Erzurum, İzmir ( ÖZBEK 1979, ÖZBEK & ZANDEN 1994); Ankara, Antalya, Bitlis, Bursa, Eskişehir, Hakkâri, Kars, Konya, Kütahya, Nevşehir, Niğde, Van ( WARNCKE 1992).