Coelioxys rufescens Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
(Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee)

Interactions where Coelioxys rufescens is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva kleptoparasitises food store UK/Ireland Anthophora bimaculata Green-eyed Flower Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Coelioxys rufescens/Coelioxys rufescensrufescent sharp-tail beelarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Anthophora bimaculata/Anthophora bimaculatagreen-eyed flower beefood store
larva larva kleptoparasitises food store UK/Ireland Anthophora furcata Fork Tailed Flower Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Coelioxys rufescens/Coelioxys rufescensrufescent sharp-tail beelarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Anthophora furcata/Anthophora furcatafork tailed flower beefood store
larva larva kleptoparasitises food store UK/Ireland Megachile leaf-cutter and mud bees Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Coelioxys rufescens/Coelioxys rufescensrufescent sharp-tail beelarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile/Megachileleaf-cutter and mud beesfood store
larva larva kleptoparasitises pollen store Megachile circumcincta Black-headed Leafcutter Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Coelioxys rufescens/Coelioxys rufescensrufescent sharp-tail beelarva Animal / kleptoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile circumcincta/Megachile circumcinctablack-headed leafcutter beepollen store

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Coelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Coelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee)
GenusCoelioxys (sharp-tailed bees)
FamilyMEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee)

Coelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Coelioxys rufescens (Rufescent Sharp-tail Bee):

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