Coelioxys rufitarsis

Coelioxys rufitarsis
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Coelioxys
Species:	C. rufitarsis
Binomial name
	Coelioxys rufitarsis; Smith, 1854

Coelioxys rufitarsis, common name red-legged cuckoo leafcutter bee,[1] is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is native to North America.[2]

This cuckoo bee parasitizes the nests of several other bee species, including Megachile latimanus, M. melanophoea,[2] and M. perihirta.[3]

References

Webmaster, David Ratz. "Red-legged Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee - Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 152. Accessed through discoverlife.org on 11 August 2017.
Cuckoo Bees. UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab.

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[1] Webmaster, David Ratz. "Red-legged Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee - Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

[mitch-2] Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 152. Accessed through discoverlife.org on 11 August 2017.

[3] Cuckoo Bees. UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab.