Xylocopa auripennis

Xylocopa auripennis, or Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in South Asian countries, and Southeast Asian countries.

Xylocopa auripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Apoidea
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Xylocopinae
Tribe:	Xylocopini
Genus:	Xylocopa
Subgenus:	Biluna
Species:	Xylocopa auripennis Lepeletier, 1841
Synonyms
Xylocopa hemichlora Cockerell, 1929 Xylocopa semipurpurea Cockerell, 1929 Xylocopa phenachroa Cockerell, 1929 Xylocopa pictipennis Smith, 1874

Subspecies

• Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis iridipennis Lepeletier, 1841
• Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis caspari van der Vecht, 1953

References

• http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Xylocopa_auripennis/classification/

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.