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Honey Bee
Xylocopa
(
Koptortosoma
)
caerulea
Fabricius,1804
TAXONOMIC PLACEMENT
Apidae : Xylocopinae : Xylocopini
OTHER NAMES
Synonyms, original combination, subspecies
-
Bombus coeruleus
Fabricius, 1804;
Bombus caeruleus
Fabricius, 1804, emend.;
Xylocopa coerulea
(Fabricius, 1804);
Xylocopa caerulea
(Fabricius, 1804), emend. in prevailing use;
Xylocopa semiarmenia
Wiedemann, 1821;
Cyaneoderes fairchildi
Ashmead, 1899;
Xylocopa
(
Koptorthosoma
)
caeruleiformis
var.
fusca
Meade-Waldo, 1916, status uncertain;
Xylocopa
(
Koptorthosoma
)
caerulea
var.
viridis
Meade-Waldo, 1916, status uncertain;
Xylocopa
(
Cyaneoderes
)
caerulea meadewaldoi
Hurd, 1959, replacement name, status uncertain;
Xylocopa
(
Cyaneoderes
)
caerulea meadewaldoi
Hurd, 1959, status uncertain;
Xylocopa
(
Cyaneoderes
)
caerulea
(Fabricius, 1804)
ORIGINAL TAXONOMY
Original genus
-
Bombus
Original specific epithet with original orthography
-
coeruleus
COMMON NAME
Common Blue-Carpenter
IMAGES
Photo Credit_Hadel Go Xylocopa caerulea_1.jpg
Photo Credit_Hadel Go Xylocopa caerulea_2.jpg
BEHAVIOUR
Nesting
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Wood
Social
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Subsocial
COMMENT
DISTRIBUTION
India
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Sikkim?
Global
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Malaysia: Malaya; Pulau Pinang; Pahang; Sabah; Sarawak, Singapore: Bukit Batok; Bukit Timah area; Dairy Farm; Nee Soon Swamp Forest; National University Campus, Burma, [Burundi], Kiribati, Thailand: Trang, Laos: Houaphan, Vietnam: Lam Dong, Cambodia: Krong Preah Sihanouk; Kaoh Kong, China: Guangdong; Guangxi Zhuang; Hainan; Yunnan, [Indonesia], Java, USA Minor Outlying Islands, Germany
INDIAN DISTRIBUTION MAP
DESCRIBER DETAILS
Author Name
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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].
