Xylocopa tenuiscapa | |
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Xylocopa tenuiscapa (male, top) as depicted in Jardine's The Naturalist's Library | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Xylocopa |
Subgenus: | Platynopoda |
Species: | X. tenuiscapa
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Binomial name | |
Xylocopa tenuiscapa
Westwood, 1840
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Synonyms | |
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Xylocopa tenuiscapa, or the slender-scaped carpenter bee, [2] is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights [3] [4] and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees. [5] Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate. [6]
Xylocopa tenuiscapa | |
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Xylocopa tenuiscapa (male, top) as depicted in Jardine's The Naturalist's Library | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Xylocopa |
Subgenus: | Platynopoda |
Species: | X. tenuiscapa
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Binomial name | |
Xylocopa tenuiscapa
Westwood, 1840
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Synonyms | |
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Xylocopa tenuiscapa, or the slender-scaped carpenter bee, [2] is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights [3] [4] and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees. [5] Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate. [6]