Biology:Xylocopa amethystina

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Short description: Species of bee


Xylocopa amethystina
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Anthoporidae
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Nodula
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Xylocopa amethystina

(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Apis amethystina Fabricius, 1793
  • Xylocopa ignita Smith 1874
  • Xylocopa amethystina sigiriana Cockerell, 1911[1]

Xylocopa amethystina, or Xylocopa (Nodula) amethystina, is a species of carpenter bee. It is distributed in South Asian countries such as, India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2]

Subspecies

  • Xylocopa amethystina amethystina (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Xylocopa amethystina phanerocephala Cockerell, 1920 [3]

References

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.
  • Hurd, P.D. and J.S. Moure. 1963. A Classification of the Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopine) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology (Vol. 29). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 365 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2070747 entry