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Honey Bee
Xylocopa
(
Koptortosoma
)
ruficornis
Fabricius,1804
TAXONOMIC PLACEMENT
Apidae : Xylocopinae : Xylocopini
OTHER NAMES
Synonyms, original combination, subspecies
-
Xylocopa verticalis
Lepeletier, 1841;
Xylocopa ceylonica
Cameron, 1901;
Xylocopa clavicrus
Maidl, 1912;
Xylocopa
(
Orbitella
)
ceylonica
Cameron, 1901;
Xylocopa
(
Maiella
)
ceylonica
Cameron, 1901;
Xylocopa
(
Orbitella
)
ruficornis
Fabricius, 1804;
Xylocopa
(
Maiella
)
ruficornis
Fabricius, 1804
ORIGINAL TAXONOMY
Original genus
-
Xylocopa
Original specific epithet with original orthography
-
ruficornis
COMMON NAME
Rufous-horned Carpenter
IMAGES
Photo Credit_John S. Ascher Xylocopa ruficornis_1.jpg
BEHAVIOUR
Nesting
-
Wood
Social
-
Subsocial
COMMENT
NO DATA
DISTRIBUTION
India
-
Puducherry, West Bengal
Global
-
Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura; Badulla; Mannar
INDIAN DISTRIBUTION MAP
DESCRIBER DETAILS
Author Name
-
Fabricius
Date of Birth
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1745
Date of Death
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1808
Origin Country
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DA
Residence Country
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DA
REFERENCE
Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus Brunsvigae: Reichard, xiv =15-440 [+ index pp. 1-30 dated 1805], GM, Braunschweig [Brunswick].
