Xylocopa caerulea
| Xylocopa caerulea | |
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| Xylocopa caerulea from Penang. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Tribe: | Xylocopini |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | Xylocopa caerulea Fabricius, 1804 |
Xylocopa caerulea, the Blue Carpenter Bee, is a species of carpenter bee.
Description
Xylocopa caerulea is a relatively large species, reaching an average size of 23 millimetres (0.91 in). The thorax region of these insects are covered with light blue hairs, giving it a striking blue colour. The sides of the abdomen and first abdominal segments are also covered by similar, albeit a finer and thinner coat of blue hairs.[1][2][3]
Distribution
This species is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China.[4]
References
- ↑ Bingham, Charles Thomas, and Claude Morley. Hymenoptera... Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, 1897.
- ↑ Ospina, Mónica. "Abejas carpinteras (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) de la región neotropical." Biota Colombiana 1.3 (2012): 239-252.
- ↑ Anzenberger, Gustl (2010). "Ethological Study of African Carpenter Bees of the Genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)1". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 44 (4): 337–374. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1977.tb01001.x. ISSN 0044-3573.
- ↑ Vespa Bicolor
Further reading
- Ruggiero M. (project leader), Ascher J. et al. (2013). ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist (version Sep 2009). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 11 March 2013 (Roskov Y., Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit.
External links
- Xylocopa caerulea at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Xylocopa caerulea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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