''Coelioxys angulata'' is a species of leaf-cutting

bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...

in the genus ''

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 subgener ...

'', of the family

Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a '' scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other ...

References

* http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/biblio/Karunaratne_et_al_2006_Sri_Lanka.pdf * http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Coelioxys_angulata/classification/ * https://www.academia.edu/7390502/AN_UPDATED_CHECKLIST_OF_BEES_OF_SRI_LANKA_WITH_NEW_RECORDS * https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=760480 angulata Hymenoptera of Asia Insects of India Insects of Sri Lanka Insects described in 1870 {{Megachilidae-stub