Xylocopa caerulea
| Xylocopa caerulea | |
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| Xylocopa caerulea from Penang. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | X. caerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylocopa caerulea Fabricius, 1804
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Xylocopa caerulea, the blue carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee.
Description
Xylocopa caerulea is a relatively large species, reaching an average size of 23 millimetres (0.91 in). The thorax region of these insects are covered with light blue hairs, giving it a striking blue color. The sides of the abdomen and first abdominal segments are also covered by a similar, albeit finer and thinner coat of blue hairs.[1][2][3]
Distribution
This species is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China.[4]
References
- ^ Bingham, Charles Thomas, and Claude Morley. Hymenoptera... Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, 1897.[page needed]
- ^ Ospina, Mónica. "Abejas carpinteras (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) de la región neotropical." Biota Colombiana 1.3 (2012): 239-252.
- ^ Anzenberger, Gustl (2010). "Ethological Study of African Carpenter Bees of the Genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)1". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 44 (4): 337–374. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1977.tb01001.x. ISSN 0044-3573. PMID 563151.
- ^ "Untitled Document". vespa-bicolor.net.
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.[full citation needed]
External links
- {{EOL}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- "Xylocopa caerulea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.Error: "Q2443469" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
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- Xylocopa
- Hymenoptera of Asia
- Insects of China
- Insects of India
- Insects of Laos
- Insects of Malaysia
- Insects of Thailand
- Insects of Vietnam
- Insects of Bangladesh
- Insects of Myanmar
- Insects of Cambodia
- Insects of Singapore
- Fauna of Southeast Asia
- Insects described in 1804
- Apidae stubs