Xylocopa augusti

Xylocopa augusti
Xylocopa augusti from Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Xylocopinae
Tribe: Xylocopini
Genus: Xylocopa
Species: X. augusti
Lepeletier, 1841
Binomial name
Xylocopa augusti
Synonyms
  • Xylocopa ferruginea Lepeletier, 1841
  • Xylocopa augusti pterochloris Brèthes, 1916
  • Xylocopa guaranitica Brèthes, 1916

[1]

Xylocopa augusti is a species of carpenter bee.[2]

Description

Xylocopa augusti can reach a length of about 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.18 in). These large and robust carpenter bees show a black body integument with conspicuous lateral ferruginous setae. Wings are dark brown with violet iridescence. Males are tawny, with two tufts of setae on the ventral surface of the metatibia. They can be encountered from December to March. They nest in wood and tree trunks.[1][3]

Floral association

They are commonly associated to flowers of Passiflora species, but also of Agapanthus praecox, Alstroemeria pulchra, Cleome spinosa, Parkinsonia aculeatam, Quillaja saponaria, Robinia pseudoacacia, Solanum crispum, Styphnolobium japonicum, Eucalyptus sp. and Amaryllis sp. .[1][3][4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay.[1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Abejas de Chile
  2. ↑ Catalogue of life
  3. 1 2 3 Montalva, J. M., Allendes, J. L. & Lucia, M. 2013. The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): New record for Chile. Journal of Melittology, 12: 1-6).
  4. ↑ Tellería, María C. POLEN RECOLECTADO POR XYLOCOPA AUGUSTI (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) EN EL NOROESTE DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Darwiniana;1999, Vol. 37 Issue 3/4, p253


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