Biology:Xylocopa fenestrata

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Short description: Species of bee


Xylocopa fenestrata
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Ctenoxylocopa
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Xylocopa fenestrata

(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Apis fenestrata Fabricius, 1798
  • Xylocopa lunata Klug, 1807
  • Xylocopa indica Klug, 1807
  • Xylocopa serripes Burmeister, 1876
  • Xylocopa gardineri Cameron, 1902
  • Xylocopa serripes_homonym Hedicke, 1938
  • Xylocopa hedickae Maa, 1940, replacement name
  • Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) fenestrata mauritii Maa, 1970 [1]

Xylocopa fenestrata, or Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) fenestrata, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in Asian countries and very few African countries such as Madagascar , Seychelles and Réunion[2]. It is considered as a pest of timber and bamboo, but is also a valuable pollinator.[3]

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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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2676870 entry