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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa) » Subgenus Alloxylocopa (Xylocopa Subgenus Alloxylocopa) » Xylocopa appendiculata

Species Xylocopa appendiculata

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References
Xylocopa appendiculata Smith - Xylocopa appendiculata - female Xylocopa appendiculata Smith - Xylocopa appendiculata - male Xylocopa appendiculata Smith - Xylocopa appendiculata - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Xylocopinae (Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees)
Genus Xylocopa (Large Carpenter Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Alloxylocopa)
Species appendiculata (Xylocopa appendiculata)
Other Common Names
Japanese Carpenter Bee
Explanation of Names
Xylocopa appendiculata Smith, 1852
Numbers
2 sspp. worldwide, considered of dubious validity by Michener (comms.) and in Dahlberg et al. (2013): X. appendiculata appendiculata & X. appendiculata appendiculata circumvolans
Range
Native to China and Japan, reported for the first time in North America based on specimens from Santa Clara County, California, recorded in 2012 and 2013. (source)
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Print References
Dahlberg, L., Hauser, M. & Yanega, D. (2013) Japanese carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata Smith 1852 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) potentially established in Santa Clara County, first record for North America. Pan Pacific Entomologist 89(4):226-229. (BioOne)
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 27 August, 2014 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 1:09pm

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