Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Crop Protection 2251-9041 2 3 2013 09 01 A preliminary study of the cleptoparasitic bees of the genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in northern Iran, with six new records 271 283 1089 10.48311/jcp.2013.1089 EN Ahmad Nadimi Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 1415-336, Tehran, Iran. Ali Asghar Talebi Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 1415-336, Tehran, Iran. Yaghoub Fathipour Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 1415-336, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article A survey on the megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) fauna of northern Iran, between 2010 and 2011, led to the identification of eleven species of the genus Coelioxys Latreille belonging to subgenera Allocoelioxys (6 species), Boreocoelioxys (2 species), Coelioxys (2 species) and Liothyrapis (1 species). Of these, six species and one subgenus (Liothyrapis) are new to the fauna of Iran. Detailed illustrations of morphological characters, a key to the species of the genus Coelioxys and an updated checklist of Iranian species of Coelioxys are provided.

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