Coelioxys Ramakrishnae

	Coelioxys Ramakrishnae ''Coelioxys'', common name leaf-cutting cuckoo bees or sharp-tailed bees , is a genus of solitary kleptoparasitic or brood parasitic bees, belonging to the family Megachilidae. Diversity The genus includes about 500 species in 15 subgenera. Selected species * ''Coelioxys angulata'' * ''Coelioxys apicata'' * ''Coelioxys capitata'' * ''Coelioxys fenestrata'' * ''Coelioxys formosicola'' * ''Coelioxys fuscipennis'' * ''Coelioxys minuta'' * ''Coelioxys nitidoscutellaris'' * ''Coelioxys rufitarsis'' * ''Coelioxys sodalis'' For a complete list, see List of ''Coelioxys'' species. Distribution ''Coelioxys'' species can be found in most European countries, in the Afrotropical realm, in the East Palearctic realm, in North Africa, in the Nearctic and Neotropics. Description Bees within this genus can reach a length of . They show a broad head with large complex eyes and broad thorax and abdomen. Their body is only moderately hairy. They are usually black with white hair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coelioxys ''Coelioxys'', common name leaf-cutting cuckoo bees or sharp-tailed bees , is a genus of solitary kleptoparasitic or brood parasitic bees, belonging to the family Megachilidae. Diversity The genus includes about 500 species in 15 subgenera. Selected species * '' Coelioxys angulata'' * '' Coelioxys apicata'' * '' Coelioxys capitata'' * '' Coelioxys fenestrata'' * '' Coelioxys formosicola'' * '' Coelioxys fuscipennis'' * '' Coelioxys minuta'' * '' Coelioxys nitidoscutellaris'' * '' Coelioxys rufitarsis'' * '' Coelioxys sodalis'' For a complete list, see List of ''Coelioxys'' species. Distribution ''Coelioxys'' species can be found in most European countries, in the Afrotropical realm, in the East Palearctic realm, in North Africa, in the Nearctic and Neotropics. Description Bees within this genus can reach a length of . They show a broad head with large complex eyes and broad thorax and abdomen. Their body is only moderately hairy. They are usually black with white h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Coelioxys Species This is a list of species in genus ''Coelioxys'', the leaf-cutting cuckoo bees or sharp-tailed bees. , ITIS lists 500 species in this genus. __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V U W X Y Z A '' Coelioxys abdominalis'' '' Coelioxys aberrans'' '' Coelioxys abnormis'' '' Coelioxys acanthopyga'' '' Coelioxys acanthura'' '' Coelioxys aculeata'' '' Coelioxys aculeaticeps'' '' Coelioxys acutivalva'' '' Coelioxys adani'' '' Coelioxys afra'' '' Coelioxys agilis'' '' Coelioxys alacris'' '' Coelioxys alata'' '' Coelioxys alatiformis'' '' Coelioxys alayoi'' '' Coelioxys albifrons'' '' Coelioxys albiventris'' '' Coelioxys albociliata'' '' Coelioxys albofasciata'' '' Coelioxys albolineata'' '' Coelioxys albomarginata'' '' Coelioxys albonotata'' '' Coelioxys alfkeni'' '' Coelioxys alisal'' '' Coelioxys alternata'' '' Coelioxys amazonica'' '' Coelioxys ambrosettii'' '' Coelioxys analis'' '' Coelioxys angelica'' '' Coelioxys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brood Parasites Brood parasites are animals that rely on others to raise their young. The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish. The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same or of another species, to raise its young as if it were its own, usually using egg mimicry, with eggs that resemble the host's. The evolutionary strategy relieves the parasitic parents from the investment of rearing young. This benefit comes at the cost of provoking an evolutionary arms race between parasite and host as they coevolve: many hosts have developed strong defenses against brood parasitism, such as recognizing and ejecting parasitic eggs, or abandoning parasitized nests and starting over. It is less obvious why most hosts do care for parasite nestlings, given that for example cuckoo chicks differ markedly from host chicks in size and appearance. One explanation, the mafia hypothesis, proposes that parasitic adults retaliate by destroying host nests where rejection has occurred; there is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Voltinism Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism. * Univoltine (monovoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year * Bivoltine (divoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year Trivoltine – (adjective) referring to organisms having three broods or generations per year Multivoltine (polyvoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year * Semivoltine – There are two meanings: :* (''biology'') Less than univoltine; having a brood or generation less often than once per year :* or (adjective) referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year. Examples The speckled wood butterfly is univoltine in the northern part of its range, e.g. north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively. The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is one of three that make up the Otidimorphae, the other two being the turacos and the bustards. The family Cuculidae contains 150 species which are divided into 33 genera. The cuckoos are generally medium-sized slender birds. Most species live in trees, though a sizeable minority are ground-dwelling. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution; the majority of species are tropical. Some species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larvae and a variety of other animals, as well as fruit. Some species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species and giving rise to the metaphor ''cuckoo's egg'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anthophora The bee genus ''Anthophora'' is one of the largest in the family Apidae, with over 450 species worldwide in 14 different subgenera. They are most abundant and diverse in the Holarctic and African biogeographic regions. All species are solitary, though many nest in large aggregations. Nearly all species make nests in the soil, either in banks or in flat ground; the larvae develop in cells with waterproof linings and do not spin cocoons. Males commonly have pale white or yellow facial markings, and/or peculiarly modified leg armature and hairs. ''Anthophora'' individuals can be distinguished from the very similar genus ''Amegilla'' by the possession of an arolium The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, pl ... between the arthropod leg, tarsal claws. Species include: ''Anthophor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia]