Biology:Xylocopa frontalis

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Short description: Species of bee

Xylocopa frontalis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species:
X. frontalis
Binomial name
Xylocopa frontalis
(Olivier, 1789)
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Xylocopa frontalis, also known by its common name ridge-browed carpenter, is a species of carpenter bee (genus Xylocopa).

Description

X. frontalis is part of a group of solitary bees called carpenter bees. X. frontalis is vital in the pollination of wild and cultivated large flowering plants.[1] X. fontalis choose their nesting places very carefully. A study was done to see how X. fontalis chose their nesting sites. They found that the nesting substrates and nesting sites exhibited a clumped spatial distribution. X. fontalis had a preferred substrate and built their nests primarily on those substrates. This shows that they carefully pick out their nesting sites rather than nesting where available.[2]

Ecology

X. frontalis, together with Xylocopa grisescens are the main pollinators for Passiflora edulis, a tropical crop with significant economic value.[3]

References

  1.  , Wikidata Q119788523
  2. Silva, Fabiana O. Da; Viana, Blandina F. (Oct 2002). "Distribuição de Ninhos de Abelhas Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) em uma Área de Dunas Litorâneas" (in pt). Neotropical Entomology 31: 661–664. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2002000400025. ISSN 1519-566X. 
  3.  , Wikidata Q119789023

Wikidata ☰ Q2029024 entry