Xylocopa valga
Xylocopa valga | |
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Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa valga) foraging Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) flowers. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Xylocopa |
Species: | X. valga
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Binomial name | |
Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872[2]
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Xylocopa valga is a species of carpenter bee common to: western, central and southern Europe, except for far northern latitudes; the Caucasus; Middle East; Central Asia; and Mongolia.[3] The solitary bee has a black and blue coloured body, 20–27 mm in length, and densely covered with purple hairs. The small wings also have a purple tint. The bee creates cavity nests by gnawing the wood in the trunks of dead trees and in old wooden structures. It inhabits both forests and urban areas.[3]
They have been observed pseudo-copulating on the petals of Iris paradoxa near Gosmaljan, Azerbaijan.[4]
References[]
- ^ Terzo, M.; Nieto, A. (2013). "Xylocopa valga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13325229A13325391.
- ^ "Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker 1872". Fauna Europaea. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ a b Панфилов Д. В., Березин М. В. "ПЧЕЛА - ПЛОТНИК - Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872" (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Vereecken, Nicolas J.; Wilson, Carol A.; Hötling, Susann; Schulz, Stefan; Banketov, Sergey A.; Mardulyn, Patrick (7 December 2012). "Pre-adaptations and the evolution of pollination by sexual deception: Cope's rule of specialization revisited". Proc. Biol. Sci. 279 (1748): 4786–4794. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1804.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Xylocopa
- Hymenoptera of Asia
- Hymenoptera of Europe
- Insects of the Middle East
- Insects of Afghanistan
- Insects of China
- Insects of Iran
- Insects of Mongolia
- Insects of Pakistan
- Insects of Turkey
- Insects of Central Asia
- Fauna of East Asia
- Fauna of Western Asia
- Insects described in 1872