Taxonomic Revision of Genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of Egypt

Abstract

Key to subgenera of Coelioxys Latreille, 1809 1. Eyes without hairs (Fig.13); bandages of the abdomen with normal hairs [C.decipiens Spin.] ……………………………………….……………………..C. (Liothyrapis) -Eyes hairy (Fig.7); bandages of the abdomen with squamous hairs…………….C. (Allocoelioxys) Key to the female's species of subgenus C. Allocoelioxys(After modification of Alfken, 1934 and Warnke, 1992) 1. Fore coxa with a wide triangular tooth(Fig. 14); body with normal hair; Last sternum un serrated laterally, usually much wider than the last tergum; last sternum evenly narrowed; clypeus hairs the same length; metasomal terga and sterna with lateral large triangular bandages; clypeus