Xylocopa auripennis

Xylocopa auripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. auripennis
Binomial name
Xylocopa auripennis Lepeletier, 1841
Synonyms [1]
Xylocopa hemichloraCockerell, 1929 Xylocopa semipurpureaCockerell, 1929 Xylocopa phenachroaCockerell, 1929 Xylocopa pictipennisSmith, 1874

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 iridipennisLepeletier, 1841
• Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis casparivan der Vecht, 1953

References

1. "Xylocopa auripennis". Discover Life. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
2. "Xylocopa amethystina - - Discover Life mobile". Discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2022-08-25.

• http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Xylocopa_auripennis/classification/

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.