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Female X. virginica. The bee is similar in size to bumblebees, but has a glossy, mostly black body with a slight metallic purple tint. [4] X. virginica males and females have generally the same mass, but can be differentiated visually by the male's longer body and the female's wider head.
Xylocopini - carpenter bees Ceratina sp. The subfamily Xylocopinae (family Apidae) occurs worldwide, and includes the large carpenter bees (tribe Xylocopini), the small carpenter bees (tribe Ceratinini), the allodapine bees (tribe Allodapini ), and the relictual genus Manuelia (tribe Manueliini).
In the United States, two eastern species, Xylocopa virginica and X. micans, occur. Three more species are primarily western in distribution, X. sonorina, X. tabaniformis orpifex, and X. californica. X. virginica is by far the more widely distributed species. [4] Xylocopa caerulea, the blue carpenter bee, engaged in nectar robbing
Xylocopa nasalis is a member of the genus Xylocopa, first described in 1802 by French entomologist Pierre André Latreille.The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek and translates to ¨wood-cutter.¨ Xylocopa is comprised specifically of carpenter bees, who build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers.
Xylocopa appendiculata is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It originates from eastern Asia and was first found in the United States in 2013. [ 4 ]
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]
X. frontalis is part of a group of solitary bees called carpenter bees.X. frontalis is vital in the pollination of wild and cultivated large flowering plants. [1] X. frontalis choose their nesting places very carefully.
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