Dioxys rufipes Morawitz 1875
Creators: name: Wood, T. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Dioxys
Dioxys rufipes

description: 12.Dioxys rufipesMorawitz, 1875
Dioxys rufipes Morawitz in Fedchenko (1875): 133 ♀ [Uzbekistan, ZISP, not examined].
Material examined.
Greece • 1 ♀; Crete, Ayia Galini s. l. [Agia Galini]; 3 May 1972; K. M. Guichard leg.; D. Baker det. 1983; NHMUK • 5 ♀; Crete, Paleochora s. l.; 10 May 1972; D. Baker det. 1983; NHMUK • 1 ♂; Kreta, N. Iraklion, Berg Giouchtas [Mount Juktas]; 22 Apr. 1990; E. Heiss leg.; OÖLM • 5 ♂; Prov. Florina, Amindeo [Amyntaio]; 700 m a. s. l.; 9–10 Jun. 1991; J. Tiefenthaler leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂; Trikala; 17 Apr. 1962; K. Warncke leg.; T. J. Wood det. (det D. rotundatus by Warncke); OÖLM; Jordan • 1 ♀; Rawayshid [Ruwaished]; 23 Apr. 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; OÖLM; Turkey • 1 ♂; Mersin, Sertavul Gecidi; 4,500 ft a. s. l.; 22 Jun. 1960; Guichard & Harvey leg.; D. Baker det. 1983; NHMUK • 3 ♀; Urfa [Şanlıurfa]; 19–20 May 1967; J. Gusenleitner leg.; T. J. Wood det. (det D. rotundatus by J. Heinrich, 1974; det D. varipes ssp. by M. Schwarz, 1986); OÖLM • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; Urfa As. Türk. [Şanlıurfa]; 21–28 May 1972; J. Heinrich leg.; T. J. Wood det. (det D. moestus by M. Schwarz, 1985); OÖLM / ZSM • 1 ♀; Urfa As. Türk. [Şanlıurfa]; 22–26 May 1975; J. Heinrich leg.; T. J. Wood det.; ZSM • 1 ♂; Mut As. Turk; 13–15 May 1972; J. Heinrich leg.; T. J. Wood det.; ZSM • 1 ♀; As. Turk. [Elâzığ]; 9 Jun. 1976; J. Heinrich leg.; T. J. Wood det.; ZSM • 1 ♀; Birecik As. Türk.; 18 May 1967; J. Heinrich leg.; T. J. Wood det.; ZSM • 3 ♀; Uzuncaburç, 30 km N of Silifke; 28 May 1996; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM; Uzbekistan • 1 ♂; Kammashi; 18 Apr. 1931; Gussakovskij leg.; V. Popov det.; USNM • 1 ♀; Kammashi; 16 May 1931; Gussakovskij leg.; V. Popov det.; USNM.
Remarks.
Dioxys rufipes was described based on a single female collected in central Uzbekistan between Kattakurgan and Ulus (Fedchenko 1875). Popov (1936) examined several specimens from Uzbekistan, and described the male, illustrating the distinctive genitalia. A male and female specimen determined by Popov were deposited in the USNM where they could be examined (Fig. 12 A – F). Additionally, 24 specimens from Greece, Jordan, and Turkey could be examined which conformed to D. rufipes. This included some specimens from Turkey determined as D. moestus Heinrich (who reported the species from Turkey; Heinrich 1977), and a specimen from Greece (Trikala) that was original identified as D. rotundatus by Warncke and then reported as D. moestus in Warncke (1977). In line with the above comments for D. rotundatus, D. rufipes is considered to be an eastern Mediterranean species with a distribution that extends into Central Asia, and essentially corresponds to D. rotundatus sensu auctorum in this region.
Distribution.
? Croatia, Greece *, Turkey *,? Israel, Jordan *, Uzbekistan (Popov 1936; Heinrich 1977 partim, as D. moestus; Warncke 1977 partim, as D. moestus; Bogusch 2023 partim, as D. moestus).
Distributional notes.
Following on from the comments made for D. rotundatus, records from Croatia and Israel (Warncke 1977; specimens not examined) cannot be confirmed, but are considered plausible based on the species concept of D. moestus used by Warncke, and the presence of D. rufipes in nearby countries. Additional specimen records from the SEMC from Crete (K. M. Guichard material determined by Baker) are available on GBIF.
description: Published as part of Wood, T. J., 2025, Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key, pp. 261-302 in ZooKeys 1226 on pages 261-302, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.138377