Xylocopa amethystina explained

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.^[1]

Subspecies

• Xylocopa amethystina amethystina (Fabricius, 1793)
• Xylocopa amethystina phanerocephala Cockerell, 1920 ^[2]

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.
• 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.

External links

• Species-id.net
• Animaldiversity.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xylocopa amethystina . Discover Life . 2015-06-01.
2. Web site: ITIS Standard Report Page: Xylocopa amethystina . Itis.gov . 2015-06-01.