Biology:Xylocopa ruficornis

Short description: Species of bee

Xylocopa ruficornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Apoidea
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Xylocopinae
Tribe:	Xylocopini
Genus:	Xylocopa
Subgenus:	Koptortosoma
Species:	X. ruficornis
Binomial name
Xylocopa ruficornis Fabricius, 1804
Synonyms
Maidl, 1912 Lepeletier, 1841 Xylocopa ceylonica Xylocopa verticalis Cameron, 1901 Xylocopa clavicrus Xylocopa (Orbitella_homonym) ceylonica Cameron, 1901 Xylocopa (Maiella) ceylonica Cameron, 1901 Xylocopa (Orbitella_homonym) ruficornis Fabricius, 1804 Xylocopa (Maiella) ruficornis Fabricius, 1804

Xylocopa ruficornis, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ruficornis, is a species of carpenter bee. It is found in the Sri Lankan.

References

• Animal-diversity Xylocopa ruficornis
• Itis - Xylocopa ruficornis

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 ☰ Q5386899 entry