Xylocopa tenuiscapa

Xylocopa tenuiscapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Apoidea
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Xylocopinae
Tribe:	Xylocopini
Genus:	Xylocopa
Subgenus:	Koptortosoma
Species:	Xylocopa tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840
Synonyms
Xylocopa latreillei Lepeletier, 1841 Xylocopa viridipennis Lepeletier, 1841 Xylocopa lativentris Blanchard, 1844 Xylocopa albo-fasciata Sichel, 1867 Xylocopa albofasciata Sichel, 1867 Xylocopa tenuicornis Ashmead, 1904

Xylocopa tenuiscapa, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) tenuiscapa, is a species of carpenter bee. It is found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.

References

• http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Xylocopa_tenuiscapa/classification/
• https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=766914

Further reading

• Ruggiero M. (project leader), Ascher J. et al. (2013). ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist (version Sep 2009). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 11 March 2013 (Roskov Y., Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit.