''Coelioxys formosicola'' 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 cuckoo bees belonging to the family Megachilidae. Diversity The genus includes about 500 species in 15 subgenera. Selected sp ...

'', of the family

Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure (called a '' scopa'') to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclu ...

References

* http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/biblio/Karunaratne_et_al_2006_Sri_Lanka.pdf * 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=760620 * http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Coelioxys_formosicola/classification/ * http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Coelioxys+formosicola&flags=glean:subgenus:&mobile=close formos Hymenoptera of Asia Insects of India Insects of Sri Lanka Insects described in 1913 {{Megachilidae-stub