Claim · #6492514
Coelioxys spp. · parasitism · Megachile spp.
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Coelioxys funeraria Smith parasitizing two different-sized species of Megachile in Michigan”
- Authors
- Michener C.D.
- Year
- 2007
- Publication
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Page
- 35
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coelioxys are well-documented cleptoparasites of Megachile; host-range spanning multiple host species of differing sizes is consistent with known biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coelioxys is a well-documented cleptoparasite genus of Megachile; host-range spanning two Megachile species of different sizes is biologically consistent with known Coelioxys host breadth.”
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