Xylocopa valga
| Xylocopa valga | |
|---|---|
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| Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa valga) foraging Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) flowers. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | X. valga |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872[1] | |
Xylocopa valga is a species of carpenter bee common to: western, central and southern Europe, except for far northern latitudes; the Caucasus; Middle East; Central Asia; and Mongolia.[2] The solitary bee has a black and blue coloured body, 20–27 mm in length, and densely covered with purple hairs. The small wings also have a purple tint. The bee creates cavity nests by gnawing the wood in the trunks of dead trees and in old wooden structures. It inhabits both forests and urban areas.[2]
X. valga on Chinese wisteria.
References
- ↑ "Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker 1872". Fauna Europaea. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- 1 2 Панфилов Д. В., Березин М. В. "ПЧЕЛА - ПЛОТНИК - Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872" (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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