Honey Bee
 Honey Bee



  • Apidae : Xylocopinae : Xylocopini
  • Synonyms, original combination, subspecies - Apis bryorum Fabricius, 1775; Xylocopa separata Perez, 1901; Xylocopa (Koptorthosoma) separata Perez, 1901; Xylocopa (Maiella) bryorum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Original genus - Apis
  • Original specific epithet with original orthography - bryorum
  • Evanescent Carpenter



  • Nesting - Wood
  • Social - Subsocial
  • For X. bryorum: Reported from Sikkim, but the status of this species in India is uncertain due to identification difficulties and lack of fully verified specimens in reference collections. Extensive confusion with other similar species is likely. Those with reliable information on identification of this taxon, especially females, should clarify its diagnosis, status, and distribution, which at present are not clear to us.
  • India - Sikkim
  • Global - Sri Lanka, Malaysia: Kedah; Selangor, Burma, Thailand: Bangkok Metropolis, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia: Phnom Penh, Maldives
  • Author Name - Fabricius
  • Date of Birth - 1745
  • Date of Death - 1808
  • Origin Country - DA
  • Residence Country - DA
  • Fabricius, 1775. Systema entomologiae: sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs, Flensburgi et Lipsiae: Korte, xxviii + 832 pp., GM, Flensburg and Liepzig.

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