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Red-footed Cuckoo Leafcutter
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Red-footed Cuckoo Leafcutter

Coelioxys rufitarsis

Coelioxys rufitarsis, common name red-legged cuckoo leafcutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is native to North America.

This cuckoo bee parasitizes the nests of several other bee species, including Megachile latimanus, M. melanophoea, and M. perihirta.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 626642.