[1][2] Note that many adjectives need correcting to fit the masculine for gender agreement.

The genus ending -oxys is from Latinized Greek and is masculine,[3] despite any earlier usage of feminine adjectives.

Coelioxys species can be found in most European countries, in the Afrotropical realm, in the East Palearctic realm, in North Africa, in India, in the Nearctic and Neotropics.

The females of Coelioxys species have a long pointed abdomen that resembles a cone, used to pierce the leaf lining in the laying of eggs.

[5] These cuckoo bees are usually active from June to September, depending on the specific host species.