Honey Bee
 Honey Bee



  • Apidae : Xylocopinae : Xylocopini
  • Synonyms, original combination, subspecies - Xylocopa dissimilis Lepeletier, 1841; Xylocopa lunulata Lepeletier, 1841; Xylocopa oblonga Smith, 1874; Xylocopa lunulata minensis Cockerell, 1909
  • Original genus - Xylocopa
  • Original specific epithet with original orthography - nasalis
  • Nasal Bamboo-Carpenter



  • Nesting - Wood
  • Social - Subsocial
  • Global - Malaysia: Sarawak, Burma, [Burundi], Thailand: Nakhon Pathom; Ratchaburi, Laos, Cambodia: Phnom Penh; Siemreab, China: Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi Zhuang; Hunan; Jiangsu; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang, Hong Kong
  • Author Name - Westwood
  • Date of Birth - 1805
  • Date of Death - 1893
  • Origin Country - UK
  • Residence Country - UK
  • Westwood, 1842. Natural history of the insects of India, containing upwards of two hundred and twenty figures and descriptions. A new ed. brought down to the present state of the science, with systematic characters of each species, synonyms, indexes, and other additional matter by J.O. Westwood, 2d ed., London: Henry G. Bohn vi, + 102 pp., 58 pls., UK, London.

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