Coelioxys (Synocoelioxys) alternatus Say, 1937

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FFBE-FFC5-FF50-5C85FCE1FBA6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Coelioxys (Synocoelioxys) alternatus Say, 1937
status

Treatment

Coelioxys (Synocoelioxys) alternatus Say, 1937 View in CoL

Sunflower Sharptail

Notes: This cleptoparasite of Megachile pugnata can usually be found with its host on sunflowers (J. S. Ascher pers. obs.). Only a singleton is known from Connecticut, collected during a study of pollinator plantings on diversified farms.

Material examined. Middlesex Co.: Middletown: “Yellow House Farm, 216 Arbutus Street ”, 41.52738 -72.64864, 4 August 2017, coll. D. Chenoweth. 1 ♂, CAES, det. M.F. Veit and re-examined by T. A. Zarrillo 2022, netted from Vernonia noveboracensis, UCMS _ENT 00082133 GoogleMaps .