Xylocopa amethystina
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| Species: | Xylocopa amethystina (Fabricius, 1793)
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Xylocopa amethystina, or Xylocopa (Nodula) amethystina, is a species of carpenter bee. It is distributed in South Asian countries such as, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2]
Subspecies[edit]
- Xylocopa amethystina amethystina (Fabricius, 1793)
- Xylocopa amethystina phanerocephala Cockerell, 1920 [3]
References[edit]
- ^ "An Annotated Catalogue of the Bee Species of the Indian Region-Xylocopa". Beesind.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ^ "Xylocopa amethystina". Discover Life. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Xylocopa amethystina". Itis.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
- Hurd, P.D. and J.S. Moure. 1963. A Classification of the Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopine) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology (Vol. 29). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 365 pp.
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