Xylocopa aestuans

Xylocopa aestuans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Xylocopinae
Tribe: Xylocopini
Genus: Xylocopa
Subgenus: Koptortosoma
Species: Xylocopa aestuans
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Apis aestuans Linnaeus, 1758
  • Apis leucothorax DeGeer, 1773
  • Xylocopa confusa Pérez, 1901
  • Xylocopa leucothorax (DeGeer, 1773)
  • Xylocopa (Orbitella_homonym) confusa Pérez, 1901
  • Xylocopa (Maiella) confusa Pérez, 1901

Xylocopa aestuans, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China and few parts of Europe. [1]

it is a large bee about more than 20mm long. It can easily confused with Xylocopa confusa, but the two species can identified by color variations.[2]

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