Xylocopa valga

Xylocopa valga
	Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa valga) foraging Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) flowers.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. valga
Binomial name
	Xylocopa valga; Gerstaecker, 1872

Xylocopa valga is a species of carpenter bee common to: western, central and southern Europe, except for far northern latitudes; the Caucasus; Middle East; Central Asia; and Mongolia.^[3] The solitary bee has a black and blue coloured body, 20–27 mm in length, and densely covered with purple hairs. The small wings also have a purple tint. The bee creates cavity nests by gnawing the wood in the trunks of dead trees and in old wooden structures. It inhabits both forests and urban areas.^[3]

References

^ "Xylocopa valga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T13325229A13325391. 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ "Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker 1872". Fauna Europaea. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Панфилов Д. В., Березин М. В. "ПЧЕЛА - ПЛОТНИК - Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872" (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-01-14.

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[iucn-1] "Xylocopa valga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T13325229A13325391. 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[2] "Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker 1872". Fauna Europaea. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[RussianRedBook-3] Панфилов Д. В., Березин М. В. "ПЧЕЛА - ПЛОТНИК - Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872" (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-01-14.

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