Phylogeny of the cleptoparasitic Megachilini genera Coelioxys and Radoszkowskiana, with the description of six new subgenera in Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Author
Rocha Filho, Léo Correia Da
Author
Packer, Laurence
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2017
2016-10-14
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https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12484
journal article
10.1111/zoj.12484
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Coelioxys
(
Schizocoelioxys
)
Mitchell, 1973
syn. nov.
Type
species:
Coelioxys alata
Forster, 1853
.
Diagnosis:
This subgenus can be differentiated from all the other subgenera based upon the mandible that is angled dorsally on the outer surface in females (
Fig. 81
).
Coelioxys
(
Paracoelioxys
)
spp. are similar to species of
C
. (
Boreocoelioxys
), but can be distinguished by the postgradular grooves of
T
2
–
T
3, which are broadly interrupted medially in the former (Fig. 25) and complete in the latter (
Fig. 24
). They can also be differentiated from species of both of the new subgenera described herein,
C
. (
Melissoctonia
) subgen. nov. and
C
. (
Rozeniana
) subgen. nov., as well as from all other subgenera, by the following combination of characteristics. Axilla very short, free apical portion much shorter than basal portion, and not produced beyond posterior margin of mesoscutellum (
Fig. 71
); apical fascia on
T
1 nearly absent, restricted to the lateral margins of tergum; apical fasciae on
T
2
–
T
5 reduced medially or slightly interrupted. Female: mandible angled (
Fig. 81
); S6 apex elongate, longer than broad, notches acute, narrow (
Fig. 26
). Male: postgradular area of
T
2 with sublateral, elliptical, slender fovea on each side (
Fig. 88
) (
Baker, 1975
: fig. 25B) and gonocoxa subapically not compressed (
Fig. 94L
) (
Baker, 1975
: fig. 19F).
Comments:
This subgenus had previously been regarded as a synonym of
C
. (
Coelioxys
s.s.
) (see comments on that subgenus above), whereas
C
. (
Schizocoelioxys
) was synonymized under
C
. (
Boreocoelioxys
) by
Michener (2007)
. The subgenus
C
. (
Paracoelioxys
) is resurrected here based on the phylogenetic results (see Results and Discussion). Whereas
C
.
(
P
.)
alata
is Palaearctic,
C
.
funeraria
is restricted to North America (
Ascher & Pickering, 2015
).
List of species:
C
.
alata
and
C
.
funeraria
. Some other Palaearctic species,
Coelioxys hosoba
Nagase, 2003
,
Coelioxys hiroba
Nagase, 2003
,
Coelioxys inermis
(Kirby, 1802)
,
Coelioxys mandibularis
Nylander, 1848
, and
Coelioxys elongata
(Lepeletier, 1841)
, might also belong to this subgenus as they share the modified mandible in the female.