Xylocopa auripennis

Xylocopa auripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Xylocopinae
Tribe: Xylocopini
Genus: Xylocopa
Subgenus: Biluna
Species: Xylocopa auripennis
Lepeletier, 1841
Synonyms
  • Xylocopa hemichlora Cockerell, 1929
  • Xylocopa semipurpurea Cockerell, 1929
  • Xylocopa phenachroa Cockerell, 1929
  • Xylocopa pictipennis Smith, 1874[1]

Xylocopa auripennis, or Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in South Asian countries, and Southeast Asian countries.[2]

Subspecies

  • Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis iridipennis Lepeletier, 1841
  • Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis caspari van der Vecht, 1953

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Xylocopa+auripennis
  2. ↑ http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Xylocopa+amethystina&flags=subgenus:&mobile=iPhone

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.


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