Coelioxys rufitarsis, common name red-legged cuckoo leafcutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is native to North America.Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 152. Accessed through discoverlife.org on 11 August 2017.
This cuckoo bee parasitizes the nests of several other bee species, including Megachile latimanus, M. melanophoea, and M. perihirta.Cuckoo Bees. UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab.
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